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TIL: Squirrels are among the top causes of power outages across the U.S. In 2016 alone, utilities reported 3,456 outages caused by the ubiquitous rodents that cut off power to more than 193,873 customers.

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R5R9Q TIL after surviving a suicide attempt, the rapper Vanilla Ice took up jet-skiing and reached a world ranking of 6.
NXXAQ TIL Rio's iconic "Christ the Redeemer" is not the only giant statue of Jesus. Several enormous statues exist around the world, including the sci-fi "Heart of Jesus" in Romania, the submerged "Christ of the Abyss" in Italy, and the tallest one at 33 meters, "Christ the King" in Poland.
78oYZ TIL Elvis’s promoter came up with and sold “I Hate Elvis” buttons. Therefore they both made money from Elvis haters too.
rRa5x TIL CS Lewis did not intend for Aslan to be an allegory of Christ, but rather an actual incarnation of Christ in Narnia. He said "Since Narnia is a world of Talking Beasts, I thought He [Christ] would become a Talking Beast there, as He became a man here."
xlp7 TIL that the band “Eagles” sued a nonprofit eagle preservation organization for the use of the word “Eagles”.