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TIL Japanese beetles did not exist in North America until 1912. They were first observed in a nursery in New Jersey after an international shipment of iris bulbs

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4kk4b TIL that the last pharaoh of Egypt, Caesarion, was assassinated by the first Roman emperor, Octavian Augustus, because he was afraid that he would later become a threat to himself and to the Roman empire.
Y7Rbv TIL that the full administrative name of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was "The Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of St. Stephen"
VW98 TIL when police raided a dog fighting ring in South Carolina, 8 suspects attempted to flee the scene. One of the suspects was taken into custody after one of the dogs chased him and “took him down”. The dog then escaped.
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