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TIL that a woman sued Walmart over 2 cents and won

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9YGPm TIL American alligators live farther from the equator and are able to handle colder weather conditions better than all other crocodilians. They have adapted to freezing water by going into periods of brumation. The natural range of the American alligator extends as far north as North Carolina.
7r68x TIL that not only dogs but mice can too be trained to sniff/detect drugs.
wLrGM TIL a team of international scholars have been working to recreate recipes from 4000 years ago from tablets. One Mesopotamian dish resembles a chicken pot pie, with layers of dough and chunks of bird smothered by a sort of Babylonian béchamel sauce
4XNlb TIL that a Medal of Honor recipient from World War Two embarrassed a sitting US senator (who was also a KKK member) by publicly praising the efforts of African-American veterans.
pGX8 TIL that UN deems Internet access a basic human right