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TIL that over the last decades the Florida Manatee population has increased by 500% possibly removing them from the endangered species list

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neL5B TIL: The International Space Station can store up to 2,205 lbs. of garbage before it is sent back to Earth or burned up on commercial transport during re-entry.
yQaQX TIL the phrase "running amok" comes from a folk sickness in Malay/Indonesian cultures in which a man with no violent history will attempt to kill anyone he encounters in a sudden frenzy. It is thought an evil tiger spirit entered his body, therefore no ill will is held towards the man afterwards.
7rogX TIL about Major Digby Tatham-Warter who was known to walk into battle with an umbrella. It was said that he disabled an armored car by incapacitating the driver by shoving the umbrella through the car's observational slit and poking the driver in the eye
0dbvM TIL there's a train station in Paris named after Rosa Parks
kOBVW TIL George H.W. Bush came very close to being eaten by cannibals in WW2