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TIL that rats are not allowed to settle in Alberta - Canada by the Government of Alberta. They have an active Rat Control Program to protect against rat invasions of their territory.

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VBnjm TIL: The US Navy once fired a torpedo at a ship carrying the president of the United States
Wk984 TIL that the morse code symbol for the letter V, dit-dit-dit-dah, is the same as the famous motif from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which can be represented by the Roman Numeral V.
l7Lp5 Today I learned that construction of the Washington Monument was delayed for 13 years because the pro-slavery states decided to go rogue. #slaveryremembered.
6E4Zm TIL that "threatening the President" even as a joke can send people to jail: Richard Humphreys said "God might speak to the world through a burning Bush," in regards to President Bush, was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years in prison.
b9ovp TIL that the Russian F.S.B. (formerly KGB) figured out a way to open and then reseal a tamperproof urine specimen jar to cheat in the 2014 winter Olympics.