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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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XEyE TIL Stephen King’s lawyer bought and then crushed the van that severely injured King when it knocked him down. King later said he was disappointed he’d never had the opportunity to destroy it himself with a baseball bat and a pickaxe.
Y7jjW TIL that dogs are capable of expressing laughter, and the sound of this laughter can serve to alleviate anxiety in dog shelters.
X0ZeD TIL that 98-year-old retired Major League Baseball player Bobby Shantz is the last living person to have played for the Athletics when they were in Philadelphia, as well as the last living person to have played under legendary manager Connie Mack.
xeok TIL that, in Super Mario Bros 3, chain-chomps will break free from their chains after 50 lunges.
E15Ko TIL that a Plaque in Plainfield, Indiana marks the spot where a Carriage Driver intentionally drove through a huge mudhole to fling ex-President Martin Van Buren out of the carriage and into the mud. Van Buren had opposed a bill that would have funded improvements to the National Road.