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TIL that the Canadian province of Alberta does not have rats

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yXRp TIL that tapes revealed that Enron shut down a power station in California and created an artificial power shortage, deliberately aggravating the 2001 California Energy Crisis, so they could raise prices and cost residents billions in surcharges.
MZ87 TIL J. R. R. Tolkien received from a fan a goblet with the Ring inscription on it in Black Speech. Because the Black Speech in general is an accursed language, and the Ring inscription in particular is a vile spell, Tolkien never drank out of it, and used it only as an ashtray.
WA1N TIL a 68 year old grandma chopped up and ate 14 people
JYeBv TIL apples underwent DNA testing and it was discovered that they are actually native to Kazakhstan. The common ancestor of modern apples still grows there.
bEo7 TIL the Boy Scouts of America’s own consultants told them that same-sex orientation in adults or youth was NOT a risk factor for abusing children.