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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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x6O9o TIL The Isles of Scilly, located 45km off the coast of mainland UK, is home to the world's smallest football league. There are only two teams who play each other every Sunday. They also take part in the Lyonesse Cup, where the winner is awarded a 6mm tall cup named the "World's Smallest Cup".
d8No8 TIL two men paid €1.5 million in counterfeit money for a painting, only to find out that the painting was fake.
75w7 TIL Chris Farley was supposed to be the voice of Shrek and had finished recording almost all of his lines when he died, and he was replaced with Mike Myers. Later, Myers had to re-record all of his lines when he decided to give Shrek a Scottish accent.
8njb TIL Otzi the Iceman lived 5,000 years ago. His two last meals were deer and chamois, he was likely a copper smelter, was 45 when he was killed by an arrow wound, had 61 tattoos, and probably grew up in the still existent village of Feldthurns.
0wneL TIL that during the last few months for jazz legend John Coltrane’s death, he would take the sax out of his mouth during performances and start beating his chest, chanting, yodeling, and screaming. Sometimes Coltrane felt like even his sax couldn’t truly express what he wanted to say.