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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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8a1wL TIL a 1947 Gallup poll revealed 45% of the US thought Hitler was still alive
VjxQ TIL Sleeping Beauty herself only has 18 lines of dialogue in the entire movie.
4kKXb TIL: a man named Ranald MacDonald was the first native English speaker to teach the English language in Japan. Today, statues commemorate Ronald McDonald all throughout Japan.
XEw7E TIL America accidentally dropped a nuke on South Carolina in 1958 and two Hydrogen bombs on North Carolina in 1961. The traditional explosives on the nuke exploded, while only a low voltage trigger kept one of the H-bombs from detonating.
oRxvR TIL that director M. Night Shyamalan's films the Village and Signs were accused of plagiarism. Soon after the movie's release in 2004, reports circulated that The Village's plot and surprise ending were parallel to Margaret Peterson Haddix's first book Running Out Of Time, published in 1995.