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TIL that in 1946, Argentina imported 20 beavers from Canada and stocked a lake with the intention of creating a fur trade. Now, the beaver population is 200k and threatens 16m hectares of Tierra Del Fuego National Park.

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oZvK Today I learned that when maverick Scottish Psychiatrist R.D. Laing faced a naked schizophrenic woman rocking silently to and fro in a padded cell, he took off his own clothes and sat next to her, rocking to the same rhythm until she spoke for the first time in months.
ep7Mk TIL of the Brahan Seer, a Scottish prophet who stated that when there were 5 bridges built over the River Ness, there would be worldwide chaos. in 1939, the fifth bridge was built, and then Hitler invaded Poland.
4AvN TIL in 1619 an American law required every household to grow hemp
xV0Z1 TIL Albert Speer refused Hitler's order known as the Nero Decree. Its content dictated to destroy the German infrastructure and resources in an attempt to prevent the Allies from obtaining them.
yQB1v TIL 6 kids were poisoned in 1963 from wearing new, unwashed jeans that had been exposed to pesticide. (2 boys whose pants were washed before wearing them did not get sick)