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TIL flushing cat poop kills sea otters by infecting them with toxoplasmosis

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jNkDQ TIL In 1972, hours after George Wallace was shot in an assassination attempt, Nixon rushed E. Howard Hunt to the shooter's apartment to plant campaign literature for Democrat George McGovern, hoping to sway McGovern supporters to Nixon. Hunt called it off after FBI sealed off the apartment.
R7amw TIL that because of a misunderstanding over the phrase "Cover me!", US Marines (working with the LAPD) shot over 200 bullets into a house while attending to a domestic dispute during the L.A riots in 1992.
7DKr TIL That rush of euphoria after a long run doesn’t come from endorphins, long believed to be the source, but from the same chemical compounds found in marijuana
4XMXN TIL 1816 was “The Year Without A Summer.” The dust from a massive volcanic eruption reduced sunlight for months, dropping temperatures and killing crops in North America & Europe. This indirectly led to the development of Mormonism, Frankenstein, and the modern bicycle.
KYZQJ TIL that Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Harry Potter) is located on Scotland, not on England!!