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TIL that the US National Park Service contributed a whopping $55.6 billion to the US economy in 2023, boosting local economies in every state

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EKRd TIL that female kangaroos have three vaginas. The outside two are for sperm and lead to two uteruses. The middle one is for giving birth. The males have a two pronged penis, below the testicles.
j64VE TIL a psychologist got himself admitted to a mental hospital by claiming he heard the words "empty", "hollow" and "thud" in his head. Then, it took him two months to convince them he was sane, after agreeing he was insane and accepting medication.
XBlQ TIL There were as many as 60,000,000 (60 million) bisons in 1800. In 1900, there were only 300 left due to mass-hunting. A handful of ranchers saved the species from extinction. Today, the number of bisons is about 500,000. However, only 15 to 25 thousand of these are pure bisons and not hybrids.
XmMP TIL that Japanese macaque wash their food in saltwater before they eat in order to both clean it and enhance the taste. They also make snowballs for fun.
JYkVl TIL of "Sputnikfest" an annual celebration held in the city of Manitowoc, WI where people dress up as aliens and science fiction characters to commemorate a 20lb piece of a Russian satellite crashing down in the city back in 1962