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TIL that the American Acclimatization Society was founded in 1871 to introduce European plants and animals to North America. In 1890, they released 100 European starlings in the US; by the early 2000s, there were more than 200 million starlings in North America.

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Z8baY TIL about the Mammoth Cheese, a 22,000 lb block of Canadian cheddar which was entered into the Chicago World Fair of 1893. When it was placed on its display it crashed through the wooden floor and was then moved to a reinforced concrete floor. It won a bronze medal at the fair.
OoyGg TIL that Louis Vuitton (the designer) left his childhood home at age 13 after his mother's death. He then decided to go to Paris by foot, a journey that took him 2 years, finding shelter and work as he went along.
GYLEg TIL of Francis E. Dec, one of the first widely known “targeted individuals”. A former lawyer, he spent the last 25 years of his life writing and distributing rants about a “mad deadly worldwide communist gangster computer god” that controlled people’s minds and planned to take over the world.
GXQ4 TIL that reddit is ranked one spot lower than pornhub in global internet traffic by Alexa
b9e4p TIL That ants are self aware. In an experiment researchers painted blue dots onto ants bodies, and presented them with a mirror. 23 out of 24 tried scratching the dot, indicating that the ants could see the dots on themselves.