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TIL the invasive plant Kudzu spreads 150,000 acres annually in the Southern US. It can even now be seen in New York. Kudzu damages and kills plants by smothering them under a blanket of leaves. It has become one of the greatest environmental concerns for parks today.

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XEYAQ TIL that the sound used when planes are going down and crashing in films is the sound of a siren fitted onto a Nazi dive bomber. The siren was fazed out towards the end of the war since the siren had considerable drag and the pilots hated having to listen to the whine during the entire flight.
kJdDd TIL that an old 12 inch tall Jack Russell Terrier named George sacrificed his life to save 5 children from a dog attack. George was celebrated and a statue was made in his honor.
lPEK TIL a woman was stabbed in a Kansas convenience store, and as she lay dying, 5 people physically stepped over her dying body, with one even stopping to take a picture.
X0olR TIL in Iceland, during the Medieval Witch trials, majority of the executions were directed at men, with the last execution happening in 1683.
VMrbm TIL about a village in India, in which people decided to live without street lights for over a month, not wanting to disturb the nest a Robin had built in the switch board. They will turn on the lights, once the birds leave the nest.