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TIL that the prairy dog's scientific name is "Cynomys" (Greek for "dog mouse") and I think that's adorably accurate

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M7NPW TIL - The miscarriage rate is higher than people perceive. On average 12.5% of women who know the are pregnant have a miscarriage within the first 23 weeks of pregnancy.
6Eaol TIL The band Chumbawamba, best known for their 1997 "hit" "Tubthumping", formed in 1982 and had a long and unremarkable career prior to the release of what would become known as their greatest song.
9wWoD TIL that construction of a border fort in New York State was abandoned by the US after realizing that it was mistakenly built on the Canadian side of the border. The fort was quickly dubbed 'Fort Blunder'.
Y7xDB TIL that the National Hobo Memorial is a cemetery in Britt, Iowa, which includes the graves of several "hobo kings", and markers such as "Pony Horse", "Minneapolis Jewel", and "Shot Down" Wills.
6Eod7 TIL the first named European to discover America was Leif Erikson in the year 1000 near modern-day Newfoundland, but according to his own record when he first made landfall he rescued two unnamed shipwrecked men. This makes those two men the first known Europeans to ever make landfall in America