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TIL if the bombs in the cafeteria of Columbine High School had exploded, they would have killed 488 students.

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n0kB TIL The children’s book “Rascal” became popular in Japan in the 1970’s which let to a mass importation of pet raccoons for kids. When people realized raccoons are TERRIBLE pets they were released and there are wild raccoons causing problems in Japan to this day.
vPYPR TIL that in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Sybok is searching for Sha Ka Ree, a place of ultimate knowledge. The name Sha Ka Ree was a word play on "Sean Connery", whom the producers wanted to play Sybok.
d9jB TIL the term night stick comes from the fact that the NYPD used an 11 inch baton during the day called a “day stick” and a 26 inch baton at night called a “night stick”.
dBJj TIL that beer hops naturally produce an acid that can kill off a parasitic mite known to annihilate entire colonies of bees. Hops have shown such promise to helping Colony Collapse Disorder, that the EPA has even approved their use as a biochemical miticide.
JZxQ TIL there is a geocache on the International Space Station