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

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455o TIL Farmers forcibly bypass the adolescent years of fruit trees by attaching a mature branch to a newly planted stem. The process known as grafting can also be used to grow two plants together such as tomatoes and potatoes on one plant. http://ift.tt/2rGjQpu
V0QB TIL In 1958, The Lumbee Indians of NC learned of a KKK rally being held in the woods nearby. They attacked the KKK rally and broke it up. The Klan was never active in the area again.
vPXdR TIL The first central heating system was developed for the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus around 550 BC by the Ancient Greeks. It consisted of a wood-fired furnace and pipes that circulated the hot air underneath the stone floors.
wGmJ TIL In 2005 after Hurrican Katrina hit the United States,the Islamic Republic of Iran offered Humanitarian Aid and 20 Million Barrels of Oil(~$2 Billion).
kp5 TIL that philosopher al-Jahiz (c. 776-869) was one of the first Muslim biologists and philosophers to develop an early theory of evolution.