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TIL the City of Boston has border collies that scare off geese in the esplanade along the Charles River to prevent them from nesting.

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KOo8w TIL A Nazi judge who's job was investigating corruption and irregularities in the SS, discovered a death camp hosting a Jewish wedding, attended by over 1,000 guests, including members of the SS.
jNXeR TIL Blackbeard was from North Carolina.
5Y1wR TIL of German academic fencing duels fought with sharp swords standing against each other at arm's length, with evading a hit against the rules, duels paused only for stitching together the participants faces when hit.
DLwe TIL: the youngest person to give birth, did so at the age of 5.
j697Q TIL about the dead internet theory, an online conspiracy theory that asserts that the internet now consists mainly of bot activity and automatically generated content manipulated by algorithmic curation to intentionally manipulate the population and minimize organic human activity