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TIL Tibbles the cat was personally responsible for the extinction of the Stephens Island Wren.

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QNnoX TIL The uncle of the Red Baron, Ferdinand von Richthofen, was a noted German traveler and geographer who is credited with coining the phrase "Silk Road” (Seidenstraßen) in 1877. He also helped standardized the practices of chorography and chorology.
KkyR TIL In 1980, an oil drilling rig in Louisiana tapped into a salt mine and suddenly drained a 1,300 acre lake!
GAJ94 TIL that bears can effortlessly open both regular and sliding car doors by using the door handle.
ADGRd TIL Ronald Reagan tried to join the Hollywood Communist Party but was turned down because he was too annoying.
O0aR TIL Ethiopia donated $5000 to earthquake victims in Mexico because Mexico supported Ethiopia when Italy invaded in 1935