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TIL humane ways of killing squirrels in California include drowning, freezing and bludgeoning with a hammer.

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ngpY TIL: For 25 years London, Ontario was the worlds serial killer capital. From 1959-84, as many as six serial killers were active in the city, whose population was only 200k at the time.
QJXNe TIL Disney changed the name of their project "Basil of Baker Street" to The Great Mouse Detective", causing Disney animators to pass around a joke memo blandly renaming old Disney classics. It reached the CEO of Disney, who was furious and demanded to know who wrote the memo. No one squealed.
VRmQ TIL In the fall-out with Don King, Mike Tyson discovered a fan-club that had been hidden from him for years. Among the fan letters was one from a boy dying of cancer, asking for a phone call. Mike called immediately, but was a year too late. He broke down and cried.
0w0XL TIL An analysis of a large database of charity donations revealed that a disproportionately large number of people donate to disaster relief following hurricanes with names sharing their initial letter (e.g. Kate and Kevin following Hurricane Katrina).
NZn1 TIL Australia has compulsory voting. In the 2010 Tasmanian state election, 6,000 people were fined $26 for not voting.