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TIL Hawaii has only one native land mammal and it’s a bat. The rest are invasive.

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Wkg08 TIL the state of Mississippi observes Robert E Lee’s birthday as a state holiday while the rest of the country observes Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday (MLK day). They also have a state holiday for confederate memorials
Rpj9 TIL Smoking hookah is no safer than smoking cigarettes and in fact “Smokers may absorb more of the toxic substances also found in cigarette smoke than cigarette smokers do.”
Oo6BY TIL about synchronous fireflies. They only appear a few places in the world. The males all flash at the same time signaling to the females they are the right species. The light display is so popular, over 20,000 people apply to a lottery to get into Shenendoah National Park every year to see them
leVB TIL a teacher had sex with a student on her first day of the job. Within hours of starting.
D1vXP TIL Franklin Delano Roosevelt was related to 11 of the U.S Presidents, 5 by blood, and 6 through marriage