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TIL Alberta, Canada is the only densely populated area in the world without a rat population, thanks to a Rat Control Program that was established in 1950.

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loe4G TIL that ZZ Top is the longest-running group with an unchanged line-up in the entire history of popular music
M7XX8 TIL During the American Revolutionary War the French had to defend their trading posts from the British since French allied themselves with the American colonists revolting against the British Empire, forcing Indians to fight amongst each other in India in a civil war over the trading posts.
WvXB TIL the original order of assassins killed their targets in broad daylight in crowded areas, with a rule to not kill any civilians. A contemporary Jewish historian wrote of them: “they are believers of the word of their elder and everyone everywhere fears them, because they even kill kings.”
v1Xgr TIL Issac Newton stuck a sewing needle under his eyeball, pushed it all the way to the back of his skull, and wiggled it around to test his theory of optics.
R5M9w TILL Simms Motor War Car which was the first armored car, was powered by a four-cylinder 3.3-litre[1] 16 Horsepower Cannstatt Daimler engine, giving it a maximum speed of around 9 miles per hour (14.5 km/h).