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TIL that in the 1890s, the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts was overrun with prairie dogs

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KY9ww TIL Francis James, an Australian publisher, was imprisoned both during ww2 after being shot down over France in 1942 and in China in 1969 for allegedly espionage.
GOrN TIL that 10,000 years ago Lions were the second most widespread land mammal, after humans. They existed across Africa, Eurasia and America.
BgJgD TIL Steven Seagal attempted to have a career as a Jamaican singer
mxdJx TIL that Alice Huyler Ramsey was the first woman to drive coast-to-coast across the USA in 1909. The 22-year-old housewife and mother completed the 3,800-mile journey from New York to San Francisco in a green Maxwell 30. The 59-day trek took 3-weeks longer than planned & 96% of the route was unpaved
0ddlj TIL walruses are capable of eating birds and seals by using their powerful sucking mouthparts to strip the meat off their prey