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Til operation cat drop was an attempt to reintroduce cats after the population was devastated by mosquito spray and the vermin population exploded devastating crops in villages in Borneo (repost after removal for wrong url)

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eoJ5 TIL that black and green olives are actually the same species of olive, except that they are picked at different times of the year.
KON0E TIL Clitoridectomies (surgical removal of the clitoris) were performed in the United States into the 1960s to treat, among other things, "lesbianism."
jGkE TIL that 12 African nations have come together pledging to build a 9 mile wide band of trees that will stretch all the way across Africa, 4750 miles, in order to stop the progressive advancement of the Sahara.
JgXB TIL there are more barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky than there are people.
e0nv6 TIL Mussolini drastically altered the area surrounding the Colosseum, leveling hills and removing ruins, including the base of the Colossus of Nero.