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TIL In 1952 a doctor in France released a deadly virus to kill rabbits on his estate, which then killed 90% of France's rabbits within two years

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mELM TIL - Jake LaMotta, the real life boxer portrayed in Raging Bull, who’s boxing style was to take punches to the head until his opponent was tired, is still alive and well at age 93.
xQp1 TIL David Bowie was born Davy Jones but changed his name to Tom Jones to avoid confusion with the Monkees front-man. Two weeks later, Tom Jones released ‘It’s Not Unusual’ forcing him to change it again, this time to Bowie.
9YWQQ TIL of Hatshepsut, the first female ruler of ancient Egypt who acted as a full pharaoh. In art, she had herself depicted as a male ruler; she wore a false beard, had her breasts reduced and deemphasized, and her shoulders portrayed as broad and manly. She brought Egypt into a period of prosperity.
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wLXj1 TIL a tiger is heavily favored in a fight with a lion and a tiger once killed a lion with a single paw swipe at a zoo in Turkey