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TIL Malabar giant squirrels can measure up to three feet or almost one metre from head to tail

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ykZw TIL that a U.S. Army Captain’s base pay is $46,026 a year, while a Roman Centurion received 38.58 ounces of gold annually. Using the current market gold price of $1200 an ounce, that comes out to $46,296.
j6RvN TIL that in many states, possession of fentanyl test strips and other test strips is considered a felony.
QNjYk TIL that Germany plotted to kill Winston Churchill with a bar of exploding chocolate during WW2
OGYgg TIL that perhaps the most famous female American poet, Emily Dickinson, only had 10 poems published of the roughly 1,800 she composed
Ooma7 TIL that they make and sell blue Santa suits in Liverpool as they are the colours of Everton FC and fans refuse to wear Red and White as they are the colours of their rivals, Liverpool FC.