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TIL that the province of Alberta, Canada is rat-free, due to a comprehensive government program started in the 1950’s

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1adXO TIL a man was arrested in Japan for selling hacked Pokémon. The suspect had his computer seized by authorities and police believe the man made up to the equivalent of $10,000 selling illegal Pokémon.
woVVW TIL that BASE jumping is one of the most dangerous sports in the world. The sport has a death and injury rate 43 times higher than parachuting from a plane, and according to one study, a fatality rate of 1 out of every 60 jumpers.
E1Lv0 TIL The FBI declassified documents stating after Nikola Tesla died, they recovered plans & diagrams for a “death ray”, and technology for wireless electrical energy transmission.
E1AQo TIL that Stalin, historic leader of the USSR, was a pen-name meaning "man of steel". His real name was Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili.
R5pdw TIL -The honey bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man and it only makes about a 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in it's entire life!