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TIL that Sweden experimented with a Moose cavalry in the 1700s

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j6kJR TIL: That the movie 'The Terminal' was partially inspired by the true story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who lived in Terminal 1 at Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years. Nasseri would spend his days writing his journal, listening to the radio, smoking his gold pipe or eating meals at McDonald's.
e0V95 TIL that the Knights of Columbus funded Catholic rebels against the secularist Mexican government in the 1920s. In response, the Ku Klux Klan sent $10,000 to the Mexican government to help them fight the Catholics.
rare TIL you cannot chop down trees on your own property in Lake Forest, Chicago because of Mr. T.
l7kwV TIL that they are called Damselflies, not baby dragonflies.
G5o5 TIL Peanut butter in a plastic jar at the supermarket usually has a sell-by date of about 18 months after it hits the shelf. Past this date, if it’s unopened it’s still perfectly good. Opened, peanut butter will slowly develop off-flavors of rancid nuts over the next five or so years.