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TIL that squirrels too can get fat.

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9wg6 TIL - That the US still uses a mining law from 1872 that allows companies to extract mineral from government-owned land for 5 dollars an acre with no royalties
R7lW4 TIL that surgeons removed 27 contact lenses from a 67-year-old woman's eye. She's quoted to have thought that the discomfort was just a part of aging. After an initial "lump" of 17 lenses was removed during prep for cataract surgery, 10 more were discovered.
R7AE7 TIL that Benjamin Franklin pioneered the Pros and Cons list
QJaDa TIL about the Bronze Age collapse, in which the Sea People invaded the Mediterranean. In 50 years the Mycenaeans, Kassites, and Hittites collapsed, while Egypt was crippled economically. Trade routes were disrupted, literacy was severely reduced andcities were destroyed or abandoned permanently.
PYLbG TIL two Walmart employees fell in love and got married in the same store where they worked in. “We didn’t know where we wanted to get married, and we didn’t have a lot of money to do anything big. Everybody we know works at Walmart ...all our friends are here."