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TIL that fawns (baby deer) are often left alone for hours while their mothers forage for food. Sometimes well meaning people ‘kidnap’ the fawn thinking it’s abandoned when it’s really just waiting for its mom.

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P14wZ TIL: There was an activist group in the UK named Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army, or CIRCA in 2003-2005. In 2005, a clown gathering prompted the deployment of 10,000 officers. The group declined after operation HA.HA.HAA (Helping Authorities House Arrest Half-witted Authoritarian Androids).
Rpvw TIL in 1979 flying LAX-JFK and upgrading to first class was only 20% of the ticket price. Today it’s 225%.
N7RlE Til england and Wales have a free anonymous drug testing service so that if you are determined to take drugs you can at least know it is what you think it is.
0DlA TIL there is no physical description of Jesus in the Bible.
Xx8k TIL that the author of the poem “Do not go gently into that good night” died at the mere age of 39. His poem is used frequently in modern pop culture, including the films “Independence Day” and “Interstellar,” and inspired a book George R.R. Martin penned in the 70s.