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TIL Australia aren't the only nation to go to war with an invasive species. Ecuador fought a war with 200000 goats, using helicopter borne marksmen and insurgent goats.

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V51k TIL The Nazis had a “Black Book” of notables they wanted rounded up in England after they invaded and conqured that country. Some people included: Sigmund Freud, Virginia Woolf, Bertrand Russell and Violet Bonham Carter, grandmother of actress Helena Bonham Carter.
g9Y7 TIL that in 1971, Saddam Hussein imported 100,000 tons of grain treated with fungicidal mercury. The grain was intended for planting, but the Iraqis, unable to understand the English and Spanish warnings or the “skull and crossbones” image, baked it into bread. Hundreds died.
GAm65 TIL about Ernst Reuter who was captured by Russians in WWI, joined the Revolution and became chairman of an autonomous German Soviet Republic, returned to Germany & politics, got sent to a concentration camp and exiled to Turkey, and then returned to be mayor of West Berlin during the Berlin Airdrop
R5kV1 TIL that Po Boy Sandwiches originated in New Orleans, and are derived from fried oyster sandwiches, called Oyster Loaves. A wide selection of fillings include roast beef, ham, shrimp, sausage, french fries and fried chicken. A "dressed" po' boy has shredded lettuce, tomato, pickles, and mayo.
awnkN TIL The entire human population would take up the space of one sugar cube, if there was no space between atoms.