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TIL that reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone changed the entire geography of the park: as elk were displaced, saplings that would have been eaten by elk were spared, riverbank erosion was brought under control, and streams and rivers shifted their courses.

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nE5B TIL When the leading emergency asthma medication Albuterol’s patent expired, the patent holding pharmaceutical companies lobbied to have their own inhalers banned based on environmental issues, allowing them to file a new patent, and continue to monopolize the market.
XEr5j TIL Stu, the IT guy from "what we do in the shadows", is in fact an IT guy named Stu in real life. He thought he was on set to help with IT related tasks and had no idea how big his part in the movie was until filming was almost wrapped
l7NbK TIL in the UK it's illegal to be DRUNK in a pub / bar
db59 TIL: Steve Sipek, who played Tarzan in “Tarzan And The Brown Prince”, was once saved by a fire on the movie set by a lion who dragged him to safety. Sipek then adopted the lion out of gratitude, and started an animal sanctuary in Florida.
4kN0N TIL that not all teachers keep kids safe at school, boy was mocked by teacher online