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TIL that in the Bible, Nimrod was a mighty hunter, but Bugs Bunny used it to refer to Elmer Fudd sarcastically, and generations of kids thought it was a synonym for idiot or moron.

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j6BDj TIL Romans wiped their butts with a sea sponge on a stick that they kept in a bucket of salt water or vinegar.
BrRMK TIL Farmers sometimes put goldfish in a horses water trough to control mosquito and other insect larvae from producing
YnOx TIL A man spent $20,000 cleaning a vacant city lot, until the city of Philadelphia threatened him with legal action unless he stopped.
D1jvV TIL of Katya the Bear who was a brown bear native to Kazakhstan who was imprisoned in 2004 after being found guilty of mauling two people. Katya was held in an adult prison. The bear was released from imprisonment and allowed to congregate with other bears after serving a fifteen-year sentence.
newvB TIL the Venus Flytrap plant is native only to the bogs of the Carolinas in the US.