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TIL flying squirrels glow pink under UV light and scientists aren't sure why

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JYaX8 TIL that by 3400 B.C. the Sumerians were growing the opium poppy and called it Hul Gil, the 'joy plant'.
WjWB TIL that the non-profit Susan G. Komen for the Cure has sued several other, often small defenseless, nonprofits for using the words “for the cure” or the color pink.
QN74d TIL the Bureau of Reclamation maintains a quick-reaction police force for the three dams the Bureau manages.
B4AD TIL a book published 30 years ago has cryptic art and verses hinting at the location of 12 buried treasures in America. Only 2 have been found.
xVBv1 TIL of the Battle of Cable Street, with saw protesters confront Met police and Blackshirts from the BUF at a fascist march in 1936. A commemorative plaque about the incident reads "They Shall Not Pass".