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TIL the largest population of raccoons outside North America is in Germany. Raccoons are now distributed in several European and Asian countries, as a result of escapes and deliberate introductions

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XEdZj TIL Hatcher, the first Triceratops specimen to go on exhibit, was pieced together in 1905 from ten different fossilized specimens and became the centerpiece of the "Hall of Extinct Monsters," and later on underwent 3D replacement as a result of "pyrite disease" after 1998
nAP9 TIL Bats are not even remotely related to rodents, but are instead closer related to primates and lemurs
ZOAo TIL that at the 2:58 mark in the song “Hey Jude”, Paul McCartney hits the wrong key on the piano and says “Fucking Hell”. John Lennon suggested that they keep it into the song, and so they dropped it into a low register. You can still hear it in the song to this day.
4DBa TIL that a danish garbage collector works 21 hours a week and make $80,000 a year.
Bxby TIL In 1993 a 16 year old commandeered a train. He stopped at each station to drop off and pick up passengers who did not suspect anything amiss.