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0NgM TIL that the Oarfish is the likely source for most sea serpent tales. And although it’s a deep water species its not to uncommon to see one.
ddE8 TIL that Disneyland uses stray cats to fend off mice.
wL7b7 TIL Indigenous women and girls are seven times more likely to get murdered in Canada
Ov9g TIL New Yorkers bite 10 times more people than sharks do worldwide
b9wpp TIL about the practice of widow's succession. This was a practice used by several countries in the early 20th century were if a politician died in office they would be succeeded by their widow. The practice resulted in some of the earliest women to hold political office in modern times.