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TIL Earthworms were largely extinct in North America after the Ice Age. Reintroduced after Columbus, they transformed the land.

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yQjmv TIL That the Royal Navy has an active vessal, HMS Victory, which is older than the USA.
ne1Gd TIL that the dogma of Immaculate Conception refers not to how Mary became pregnant with Jesus but to the assertion that Mary herself was born without original sin.
dmAj TIL that the Skype was initially named as “Sky peer-to-peer”, which was then abbreviated to “Skyper”.
pA14 TIL that police shot and killed at least 94 pet dogs in the U.S. in 2000. By 2008, that number spiked to 681. And through October 2014 there were at least 510 dog shootings by cops.
9DjM TIL Almost every year the players of the Eritrean National Football team run away en masse when out of the country for games. In the past 6 years more than 50 players have fled. Despite this, Eritrean soccer officials continue to rebuild the team every year.