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TIL of the International Dark Sky Association, an organization dedicated to fighting light pollution and preserving the night sky in areas around the planet called dark sky reserves.

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4VJ6 TIL: Hollywood has had a population of feral chickens living under a freeway since the 70s. Nobody knows how they got there and all efforts to remove them have failed.
jNVav TIL The Queen of England has someone who breaks in her shoes for her before she wears them ,”...the shoes have to be immediately comfortable and to achieve this, a member of staff with the same size feet will trot up and down palatial corridors for her until they are suitably broken in.”
XE8n6 TIL about Allen Wu, the fired CEO of ARM China who still continues to operate ARM China as he is in possession of ARM China's official company stamp (chop), which is required to legally fire him
nyQr TIL An Italian NGO decided to teach Zambians how to grow food and paid locals to grow tomatoes in a fertile valley that lacked agriculture.When the tomatoes grew large and ripe, 200 hippos came out from the river and ate everything. “That’s why we have no agriculture here”, Zambians explained
7Mjp TIL that in 1946 an African American man impersonated Adolf Hitler and wrote letters to American fascists and Nazi supporters asking for money to fund a surprise attack.