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TIL the raccoon population in the UK has exploded, and they’re breaking into homes to steal food and alcohol. They get drunk and wreck havoc.

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aMgb TIL that the original pledge of allegiance was written in 1892. It read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands; one nation indivisible, with liberty and Justice for all.” Many phrases were added throughout the years, with the last phrase (“under God”) added in 1954.
wr1E TIL an exotic dancer was busted by the IRS for failing to pay income tax on 1 million dollars in income she received in exchange for sex, from a single man.
8e4WX TIL the national bird of Peru is the Andean cock-of-the-rock.
kO6Ke TIL of Bill Weaver, the man who fell 78,000 feet from and SR-71 Blackbird test flight at Mach 3.2, and survived.
kJQxd TIL In Britain a Marilyn is a mountain or hill that has a topographical prominence above 490 feet. A Munro is a mountain with elevation of over 3,000 feet