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TIL Two rats in an ideal environment can turn into 482 million rats over a period of three years.

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BD7L TIL that pointing became considered rude because originally it was thought that you were casting a spell on the other person.
wo6y8 TIL In 1921 conman Stanley Clifford Weyman posed as a U.S. naval officer and convinced an Afghan Princess to give him $10,000 to set up a meeting with the President. He spent it on travel and lodging for her, and got her a meeting with the President. The ensuing press coverage led to his arrest.
W7RVY TIL whales can drown underwater
kpyd TIL Alaska has over 3,000,000 lakes
kJ9aW TIL the inventor of first machine gun, Richard Gatling thought machine gun would actually decrease the casualties of war by reducing size of armies and so reduce the number of deaths by combat and disease. Also, that terror of such a weapon would discourage war altogether.