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TIL that paprika is ground red pepper

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5YDaR Til that the loss of earthworm species during the last ice age left northern woodlands in the USA to successfully adapt to conditions without them, making the ones we see today invasive species that can actually destroy forest floors more than help them.
vlm4 TIL Greenland has a university, with 14 staff and 150 students. It is so small because the Government pays for students to have a free university education anywhere in Europe or North America.
VBXZD TIL the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's gross domestic product for 2020 as a whole fell by 9.9%, the largest annual fall in 300 years
oBRpK TIL: Paul Ree, friend of Nietzsche, died by falling into a gorge, which some believe may have been suicide
y0XX TIL a 52Hz frequency whale call from an unidentified species has been heard since the 80’s; it is thought that only one whale uses this frequency, who scientists call the “World’s Loneliest Whale.”