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TIL that 50% of Roger Federer's name is "er"

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nN5P TIL Wild cattle inhabits an island, originated from the introduction of 5 animals by a Farmer during his brief attempt at settlement of the island (1871), and had increased to a pop. of 2,000 (1988). They now form one of the only herds of feral cows anywhere in the world.
Gx8G TIL A handful of Bronze-Age men could have fathered two thirds of Europeans
6E6Z8 TIL honey bees aren't native to North America. When they arrived from Europe they spread out faster than the colonists, and Native Americans considered the appearance of the "white man's fly" to indicate the approach of European settlers
wv57 TIL in Algeria, women make up 60% of judges and 70% of lawyers
OoZAa TIL that a fisherman in Florida hooked a swordfish so big that it dragged his boat for 20 miles and fought for eight hours before he could pull it in. It turned out to be the biggest swordfish ever caught in Florida waters.