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TIL Black Bears are killed for their skins to make Marge Simpson type hats for the Queen's Guards. In 2015, they purchased 122 hats for £1,224 each. There have been calls by animal rights groups to phase out this practice.

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W7QeL TIL that while each individual paying for their meal is called “going Dutch” in English, in Egypt it’s called “English style.” In Pakistan, Thailand and parts of Latin America, it’s “American style.” In Turkey, it’s “German style.” In Italy, it’s “Roman style.” In Iraq, it’s “Mosul style.”
R7eW9 Today I learned that James Earl Ray, who killed MLK Jr., escaped prison in 1977 but was caught 3 days later due to the harsh wilderness. He only trekked 8 miles.
GGwG TIL In 1976, a 23-year-old chemistry grad student synthesized a synthetic opiate which he used recreationally as a “legal high.” Unbeknownst to him, the drug contained a neurotoxic impurity that caused Parkinson’s disease symptoms.
QJPNL Horror movies can be an effective treatment for anxiety.
pYyj8 TIL: The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1831 allowed those Choctaw who chose to remain in Mississippi to become the first major non-European ethnic group to gain recognition as U.S. citizens.