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TIL that there is a planned bike trail that will run from Maine to Florida

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nedj9 TIL that ticks and mites can smell the breath of its target, e.g. human. Then they come out of their shelter to attack breathing target. Ticks have special unique organs (called olfactoreceptors) that can smell carbon dioxide that comes out when you're breathing.
grXgX TIL: Navajo believe transgender people have the special ability of understanding male/female, such as people who are male & understand the feeling of the female or a female who understands the feelings of those who are male, and they are considered very special people
Y7nmA TIL The US military once accidentally killed over 6,000 sheep with nerve gas when a weapons test went wrong
P1LeJ TIL that O.J. Brigance won both an NFL title and a CFL title, but is the only person to have won each title while playing in for the same city, Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Stallions.
nerGW TIL "Cheese-eating surrender monkeys" is an insult used to refer to French people. It first appeared in the Simpsons (1995) when Willy says "Bonjoooouuurrr, ya cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys" to a French class. The term has since entered two Oxford Quotation Dictionaries.