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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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QJ0Y9 TIL that John “Chickie” Donohue, a merchant marine from New York City snuck into the war zone in Vietnam in the ’60s to DELIVER BEER to his three enlisted buddies from back home. It is known as the GREATEST BEER RUN EVER and has a documentary made about it.
wWNP TIL that the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board is one of the world’s largest institutional investors with assets totalling over $175 billion.
nWJZ9 TIL that Pope Paul II supposedly died from indigestion caused by eating melon in excess, or by being sodomised by a page boy
16gyV TIL the UK experiences more tornados per year than any other country in the world relative to its land area.
rNErx TIL before the battle of Drepana in the 1st punic war the roman navy commander Claudius Pulcher was told that the sacred chicken refused to eat. Ignoring the bad omen, he said "let's see if they'll drink instead" and threw them into the sea. He lost the battle