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TIL that although the grizzly bear sits front and center on the Californian flag, it has not been roaming freely in California for over 100 years

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VBkrk TIL that in 1957, the town of Pleasanton, Texas voted overwhelmingly to desegregate its public schools. The vote (and entirely peaceful subsequent integration of African American students) bewildered the press and gained national attention as it occurred around the same time as the Little Rock Nine.
pY5j8 TIL about Flaco, an owl that escaped from the Central Park zoo. The WSJ called him a peeping tom for frequently being caught looking in apartment windows throughout Manhattan. 1 year after escape he collided into a building, his necropsy revealed large traces of rat poison and pigeon herpesvirus.
ADWY7 TIL When Bill Gates' daughter started kindergarten, he dropped her off at school in the mornings to help out his wife, Melinda. Within a few weeks, seeing this, other dads at the school began to drop their children off in the mornings instead of their wives.
wxL7 TIL white males accounted for 70% of all suicides in 2013.
5YDvR TIL there's a mass grave near Chicago containing about 60 circus performers. Some visitors report hearing ghostly elephant sounds at night.