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TIL in 2016 New Zealand announced its plan to eliminate rats, possums, and stoats in the whole country by 2050 to protect the country's endangered flightless birds including kakapos.

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ZJPp TIL that the battle of Stalingrad is considered the bloodiest battle in human history with Germany and Russia both suffering over a million casualties. Russia alone suffered more casualties in this battle than the US and Britain combined for the European Theater.
LQQRP TIL Salvador Dali collaborated with Walt Disney on a short animation in the 40s
Z80pG TIL that according to Cambridge Computer Scientists who collected over 300 million facts, the most boring day in history was April 11th, 1954.
w9BE TIL: Disney and Star Wars coins have been minted by Niue and are legal tender in the country.
bdoN TIL of Roy Benavidez. He volunteered to be dropped into a firefight against 1000 NVA to save his 12 man team, armed with only a knife. He was wounded 37 times in a 6hr battle, believed dead, and was placed in a body bag. He saved his mates, survived, and received the MoH.