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TIL the meerkat is the world's most murderous mammal with 20% of all meerkats being violently killed by another meerkat, most commonly their mother, sister, or aunt

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GYmeG TIL about the largest Empires. Spain was the first global empire. The British was the largest ( 22% of the earth's land-mass). Mongol's was the largest contiguous and Portugal's is the longest-lived modern European colonial empires.
6YdJ TIL when the Coronado US Navy Base was completed in 1970, it featured four L-shaped buildings, forming a swastika. The Navy was eventually forced to budget $600,000 in 2008 to camouflage the site after aerial images of the base from Google Earth began circulating online.
rNege TIL Even though he received surgery to correct his nearsightedness, Horace Grant continued to wear his trademark goggles on the court during his NBA career after hearing from parents that he was a inspiration to children who wore glasses.
WkjZB TIL In the 1700's, Ex-Slave Tom Molineaux Literally Fought his Way to Freedom, Becoming America's First International Boxing Superstar
Gj9J TIL The woman that started Mothers Day in the USA wished she had never started the Day because the commercialism behind it got so out of control