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TIL Beavers are nocturnal.

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WkYn4 TIL after the festival Burning Man, a cleaning crew combs through the grounds to clean up “MOOP” or trash as small as single hairs from wigs in order to pass a federal inspection.
Z6kG TIL the US Navy built a replica ship in the middle of New York City during World War One to boost recruitment. It was staffed by a full crew who stood guard, slept on board and manned wooden guns. It helped enlist 25,000 men.
b9x1Z TIL that with a budget of 11 billion dollars the NYPD would be the 27th highest budgeted military in the world
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R57G4 TIL the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Public Health Service are home to their own uniformed service corps that are separate from the U.S. military.