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TIL that there is flood story that predates Noah’s Ark.

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rRdnw TIL about the history of Alberta's extensive and effective rat control solution making it the only Canadian province to still be considered rat free
AEDg TIL Elmer McCurdy was mummified and used as a stage prop for 26 years before people realized his corpse was a real body
OGgnX TIL in 2013 two Iranian F-4 Phantoms attempted to intercept a drone escorted by two F-22 Raptors. Due to having a bumblebee-sized radar cross-section, an F-22 was able to fly underneath an F-4 to see its weapons without it noticing then flew next to the F-4 and radioed "you really ought to go home."
99J7 TIL that during the Civil Rights Movement, the Soviet Union purposely inflamed racial tensions by mailing forged threats from the KKK to black neighborhoods
kn87 TIL: There was a planned Power Rangers series where Tommy Oliver (Green/White) would unite all the previous ranger teams under a pentagon style organization