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TIL Oklahoma had a state sponsored crow dynamiting program that resulted in 3.8 million crows killed from 1934-1945

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GGRQ TIL - ‘The Napoleonic Code’ gave Women the Right to Divorce, Freedom of Religion, Forbade Privileges Based on Birth, and instituted much more. It’s regarded as one of the few documents that have influenced the world.
KYwG TIL that ironically, the majority of the world’s chopsticks are made in America. Georgia, to be exact.
Y7jZd TIL that Wawa Inc., a popular chain of convenience stores on the US East Coast, is 41% owned by its employees.
GYly1 TIL of Baby Nancy, a girl who died shortly after birth. Her father, an officer on the USS Utah, brought her ashes aboard with the plan to bury her at sea. During the Japanese attack, he escaped the ship but could not rescue Nancy's ashes, and they are still in his locker to this day.
D10vg TIL that a Louisiana man, Timothy Jackson, is serving life in prison for shoplifting a $159 jacket.