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TIL People living in Manila's slums survive on chicken scraps collected from garbage

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GvX7 TIL that a large alien (south american) flightless bird has been spreading uncontrolled through Germany since 7 of them escaped in 2000
PY1lZ Have you ever dreamed of living on another planet? Well, it might not be as sci-fi as it sounds. In this episode of Today I Learned, astrobiologist and National Geographic Explorer Brendan Mullan lays out the blueprints for how we might terraform Mars.
YpE0G TIL of Pat Hare, a blues guitarist who in 1954 recorded a song called “I’m Gonna Murder My Baby”. In 1963, Hare shot his girlfriend dead and the policeman who came to investigate. He spent the last 16 years of his life in prison, where he formed a band named Sounds Incarcerated.
PYLJZ TIL the Ku Klux Klan expanded into Canada in the 1920s, aiming to distinguish itself from its American counterpart. It's primary focus was to preserve the "Britishness" of Canada, and their robes included a maple leaf opposite the cross insignia.
JAr8 TIL That President Ulysses S. Grant gave a homeless loiterer a free ride to the US Naval Academy. This man was Albert Michelson, who then went on to discover the speed of light and win a Nobel Peace Prize.