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TIL about the viscacha, they are two genuses of rodents in the chinchilla family that has convergently evolved to resemble rabbits.

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6EP57 TIL of convicted train robber Frank Grigware, who escaped from federal prison in 1910. A short 6 years later, he became mayor of the small town of Spirit River, Alberta. The FBI discovered him in 1933, but his extradition request was dropped due to 'serious doubts' about his original conviction.
yQWoa TIL that Dave Thomas, founder and chief executive officer of fast-food restaurant Wendy's, was born to a young unmarried woman he never knew. Thomas also dropped out of high school to work full-time and did not graduate until 1993, when he obtained a GED.
M97A TIL A group of Soviet prisoners were able to revolt and seize control of their gulag for 40 days
aw4Po TIL The term “walk-off” for a game-winning home run was coined by pitcher Dennis Eckersley and does not refer to the batter walking off the field in triumph, but rather the pitcher walking off the field in shame.
0drjv TIL Confucius did not leave behind any written work. In his day, writing was not the most important means of communication and one of his most important ideas is that people need to think for themselves