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TIL that teleportation has actually successfully been done on small scales

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vLx4 TIL that in 1859, English settler Thomas Austin released only 24 rabbits onto his property in Australia, stating “The introduction of a few rabbits could do little harm and might provide a touch of home, in addition to a spot of hunting.” By the 1920’s the population reached 10 billion.
W7jAo TIL that before Breaking Bad, Giancarlo Esposito faced bankruptcy after his divorce and he considered suicide by arranging his own murder to provide insurance money for his children. A realization about missing their lives stopped him. He persevered and found success as Gus Fring.
E1avw TIL European bison herds move by majority rule: each bison “votes” by facing the direction it wants to go, and the herd goes in the direction chosen by the largest number.
VBOBm TIL: According to information from the California-based Wine Institute, tiny Vatican City consumes more wine per capita than any other country.
GARG1 TIL In 1987, a Boeing 747 was hijacked by a lone attacker armed with dynamite from a gold mine. After 6 hours, the flight engineer hit the attacker over the head with a whiskey bottle. He was given a suspended sentence and then became a member of the House of Representatives of Fiji.