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TIL Opossums are like tick vacuums, eating as many as 4,000 per week

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wLxl6 TIL in the 60s a British band was looking for a name, and their manager suggested the name of his friend's cat. However, the band misheard Procul Harun's name and called themselves Procol Harum.
RaQ6 TIL that Herbert Hoover (as well as JFK) gave his presidential salary to charity.
JYae4 TIL that one consequence of lower oil prices is that fewer plastics get recycled. Since plastics are petroleum based products, if oil prices fall low enough, it's cheaper for companies that might use recycled materials to just manufacture new plastics, and recyclables end up in landfills.
woKO7 TIL that during the revolutionary war, significantly more African Americans fought for the British than did for the Americans. These fighters would be coined as Black Loyalists.
7rW5L TIL that multimillionaire Richard B. Mellon and his brother Andrew had a game of Tag going. This game of Tag lasted for like seven decades. When Richard was on his deathbed, he called his brother over and whispered, “Last tag.” Poor Andrew remained “It” for four years, until he died.