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TIL: These Birds Trick Others Into Raising Their Gigantic Kids

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a8gby TIL that in the 1890s, the U.S. government created the Alaska Reindeer Service, in an attempt to persuade Alaskan natives to become reindeer herders. Reindeer were imported from Siberia, and Sami herders were brought from Norway to teach the Alaskan natives.
RdQl TIL Harry Truman created the school lunch program in 1946 in response to the high number of military draftees that were rejected because of malnutrition.
5mgr TIL Dave Chappelle’s maternal grandfather was a blind Caucasian who was raised to believe that he was African-American. Mirroring his famous white supremacist skit.
ldJA TIL there’s a town in Norway (Rjukan) that’s in shadow for three full months of the year. As a result, townspeople have built giant mirrors on the mountainside to reflect natural light on their homes.
e0rEb TIL that during World War II, German soldiers in Africa consumed Camel feces believing that it prevented and treated dysentery.