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TIL that the Virginia Opossum was intentionally introduced to the western United States during the Depression, likely as a food source. It didn't catch on.

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OZ04 TIL in 1970, about 200 members of the Youth International Party, AKA Yippies, invaded and occupied Disneyland’s Tom Sawyer Island and had to be removed by riot police, causing the 2nd of only 4 unscheduled closings in Disneyland history.
EgDWP TIL Ronald Reagan instituted the deregulation of advertising to children in the 1980s. This allowed companies to market as much as they wanted to kids, leading to an explosion of new toys, cartoons, junk food, and breakfast cereals.
LwAV TIL that in 2007 the British Army was forced to deny that they had released man-eating badgers into Iraq.
Z8dgD TIL dog mouths aren't any cleaner than human mouths, and can even host a great amount of bacteria, including various parasites and more.
OGoAL TIL about the Kanem–Bornu Empire, which originated around 700 AD, and lasted as the Bornu Empire until 1900. Remnants of it still exist even today as traditional states within Nigeria.