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TIL a bus monitor received 700k from a go-fund me after a video of 7th graders relentlessly bullying her was uploaded online

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5YDaR Til that the loss of earthworm species during the last ice age left northern woodlands in the USA to successfully adapt to conditions without them, making the ones we see today invasive species that can actually destroy forest floors more than help them.
NQ1N TIL lighters were invented before matches
9wZbX TIL: A comedian formed the Union of Conscientiously Work-Shy Elements in Denmark as a joke, but he was unexpected elected with 23k votes and won a seat. His promises were better Christmas presents, the right to impotency, more renaissance furniture at IKEA, more bread for ducks, and better weather.
x6aZ0 TIL the disco ball was patented over a hundred years ago -- there's even one in a flashback scene in the film Casablanca (which is from 1942)
GdDE TIL Dolly Parton has a program that will mail your child a free age-appropriate book once a month from birth to age 5. No obligation, no catch, she just wants to make sure that every child has books.