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TIL that Ontario has a massive “border wall” of edible rabies vaccine baits to prevent rabid animals from entering from the US. The recent outbreak of rabies came from a raccoon from southeastern NY who came via truck or train.

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nkvr TIL that researchers at Yale have demonstrated that human babies might naturally have some sense of morality (as opposed to all moral standards existing only thanks to environmental factors).
GYlgN TIL at the peak of Kelsey Grammers addictions, Frasier writer Dan O'Shannon said "he would snap into Frasier and expound in this very erudite dialogue and be pitch-perfect. Jimmy would cut and he would ooze back into Kelsey—glazed over eyes, half asleep, going through whatever he was going through."
wLLLM TIL James Watson (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA), had to auction off his Nobel Prize Medal due to poverty. A Russian billionaire bought it for $4.1M and returned it stating, “a situation in which an outstanding scientist has to sell a medal recognising his achievements is unacceptable.”
j6PGR TIL of Operation Babylift, a US-led evacuation of children from Vietnam during the Vietnam War for adoption in America, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The very first flight crashed shortly after takeoff and killed 78 children.
lvxB TIL a Buddhist monk left a note with instructions on how his body should be handled after death, once his body was exhumed in 2002 after 80 years it was in perfect condition.