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TIL Guantanamo Bay is sometimes nicknamed “Strawberry Fields” after the Beatles song because detainees could be held there “forever.”

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bQw4 TIL that in the early 2000s, a group of Siberian gangsters shot a seven-part TV series depicting their lives. There were no stuntmen; all the blood and bullets were real.
wJBW TIL that the North American grey squirrel is an invasive species in Europe. After the Italian government formed a well planned eradication strategy (where the outbreak started), PETA stepped in and collapsed the program near its finish. Now the grey squirrel has spread to the rest of the continent.
e05xg TIL the Lurie family tree is considered the oldest (3000 years old, started 1037 BCE) family tree in existence. It begins with King David and continues up to the present day and includes among its members Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx and many kings of Judah, and almost every Ashkenazi Jew in existence.
X0EBj TIL that nine-banded armadillos always give birth to quadruplets- a single fertilized egg splits into four identical embryos.
NZQ6 TIL That Maryland’s Official State Sport is Jousting