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TIL Electric Eels are apex predators because none of the animals that can eat them want to get shocked

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GYRkQ TIL a Toronto man built a wooden staircase for safe entry to a park for $550 after he learned that the city-made staircase would cost $65K-150K. Although it was removed by city staffs due to safety concerns, the mayor called and thanked him for his effort, and a new stairway was built for $10K.
aw47o TIL of Don Shipley, a retired Navy Seal who has spent much of his post service life exposing individuals who falsely claim to be SEALs. According to the FBI there are 300 times more impostor Navy SEALs than actual SEALs
OolLR TIL the African country of Swaziland was renamed as eSwatini in April 2018.
5Yl48 TIL of Leon Ray Livingston—a famous hobo and author who traveled under the name “A-No. 1.” He perfected the hobo symbols system, which let other hobos know where safe places were, always dressed immaculately, and retired after the lifestyle “bought him to the brink of psychological collapse.”
VBgX4 TIL in 2018 an influencer bought an entire ghost town in California, he still lives there alone and says he's ready to die there