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TIL Minnesota’s has lost more than 50% of their moose populations since the mid-2000s, with a brain worm being one of the main factors leading to their deaths.

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XEJrE TIL Los Angeles’s private golf courses effectively receive a public subsidy of $89.8 million in taxes” paying only $200,00 in property taxes without granting the public access to the land. LA ranks bottom of the list in terms of public parks against all major metropolitan cities in America.
W77V9 TIL about the “true history”. A short satirical novel written in the 100s by Lucian of samosata that has been stated by some to be the oldest Sci-fi novel in history. It features Lucian travelling to the moon, getting embroiled in a war between the moon and sun and meeting the heroes of the illiad.
Z8JnY TIL the government used to take raisins from farmers to keep prices artificially high, until the supreme court struck down the practice in 2015 as unconstitutional.
xVG91 TIL that 6.57 Billion (90% of the world’s population) lives in the Northern Hemisphere
jdvM TIL that North Korea operates a restaurant chain called Pyongyang and its chains mostly operate in China, serving mostly mediocre food.