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TIL In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain. This caused one of the worst environmental disasters in human history. Locust populations ballooned, swarming the country and causing famine.

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pYwn4 TIL There is a colony of Japanese Snow Monkeys that are living in the wilds of South Texas
gED8 TIL On 9/11, when all transport out of the city was shut down, citizen boat owners managed to transport over 500k people from Manhattan Island in an amazing act known as the “9/11 Boatlift”
kP7W TIL a large portion of Asians can metabolize alcohol 10x faster due to a hyperactive enzyme, but most cannot metabolize the byproduct of enzyme, leaving flush reactions
xVZ6o TIL That In 2013 , A California Couple Found $10M in Gold Coins In A Bucket Buried in Their Yard
p8vXp TIL that 10% of drinkers consume over 50% of the alcohol.