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TIL that Cougars have a rich social structure and even share kill with other cougars, who eventually return the favor.

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b9aDQ TIL in 1981 President Ronald Reagan fired the entire air traffic controllers union, invoking a law that stated government employees that engaged in a strike forfeited their jobs.
xVYrB TIL the last B-52's are projected to continue service until some time in the 2050's, meaning the plane will have been in service for almost 100 years.
oRv0r TIL that blueberries weren’t commercially cultivated until the 1910’s, after a long history as a regional wild food
NgP6 TIL The US invasion of Iraq was originally called ‘Operation Iraqi Liberation’, but was quickly changed after realizing that spelled 'OIL’.
RyKl TIL that the traditional way to pronounce Julius Caesar, is (yewl-yoos kay-i-sarr), showing where the imperial titles of Russian ‘Czar/Tsar’ or 'Kaiser’, in German, had their origins in Classical Latin and more than 2000 years as a legacy to Caesar’s family name.