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TIL there’s a brown bear on California’s state flag but the last brown bear in California was killed in 1922

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njZG TIL there was a subspecies a human known as homo florsiensis which went extinct only 12,000 years ago. They grew no larger than 4 feet tall and have been nicknamed “hobbits” by scientists.
XoN6 TIL that congress can hire pirates to attack foreign enemies. It’s in Clause 11
N77rP TIL that diets with high sugar intake interfere with the brain’s signal to tell your body you are full.
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v1Bj8 TIL that the staff of the 9/11 memorial place white roses on the names of any victims who would have been celebrating a birthday