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TIL that squirrels forget where about 50% of the nuts they’ve hidden are.

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GYb6N TIL that since 1999, 55 Cuban soccer players have defected to the United States after being flown over for a game. This was possible because of the wet feet, dry feet policy, which stated that any Cuban who set foot in the United States was entitled to become a US resident. The policy ended in 2017.
64Rw TIL that “Surfer, Dude”, a 2008 film starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, holds a 0% Rotten Tomatoes review after recouping only $52k of its estimated $6M cost of production
yvNJ TIL that the Big Ben is the name of the largest of the five bells which hang within the clock and not the name of the landmark clock.
wooj6 TIL about the Lilliput effect: after a major extinction event, the animal species that survive tend to get smaller.
Wkd4d TIL Ecuador, located on the equator, means 'equator' in Spanish.