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TIL ferrets are carnivores that primarily eat prairie dogs and then steal their burrows

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jN1JM TIL in 1850s British explorer Sir Richard Burton called Somalis superstitious for believing mosquitos caused malaria
Zp9B TIL the guards at the maximum security prison in Walpole went on strike in 1973 due to “excessively humane” prison reforms. They left all the cells unlocked, but instead of escaping, the prisoners formed a self functioning anarchist society for 3 months.
79pp TIL that no country in the world has a lower life expectancy than the the countries with the highest life expectancy in 1800.
OoAYe TIL that, in addition to books, France operates a legal deposit scheme for perfumes, where a copy of every new fragrance has to be sent to a library for preservation.
0goy TIL back in 2011 NYC cops were acquitted of raping a drunk woman despite medical evidence corroborating her story, eyewitnesses the cops lied to, a fake 911 call by the cops trying to cover up the incident, and a taped admission by the cop that he had sex with the victim.