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TIL in 2011 the UK tried to eradicate all rats from Henderson Island. Only 50 individuals on a population of 50 000 survived, enough for them to grow back to their original numbers.

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neWjo TIL that when NASA sent out the Voyager spacecrafts in 1977, two golden records were included aboard which contained images, coded diagrams and sounds — including a message from President Carter — that portrayed life and culture on Earth in case any intelligent alien life form found the spacecrafts.
l7GMB TIL the Ainu worship bears, seeing them as divine gifts that provide hide and meat. When they find a cub, they raise it lovingly in the village, sometimes feeding it breast milk, and treat it as a god. Once the bear reaches one or two years old, they ceremonially kill it, honoring its sacred role.
p6VO TIL The ‘Technocracy’ movement seek to revolutionize the social structure and create a society without crime, debt, or war. This trough replacing politicians with scientists and engineers, politics with science, and make North America a self-sufficient continent.
4XvPo TIL hurricane names are established years in advance, and 2019's list includes a Karen
gr0jW TIL of Witzelsucht, a neurological condition which causes people to compulsively tell inappropriate puns or stories in social situations.