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TIL in mizoram (India) every 50 years there is a phenomenon called 'rat bloom' where rat population explodes due to blooming of Mautam bamboos

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NlBQ TIL that there are two bald eagles who have nested in a large, government owned tree in Washington DC. Their names are Mr. President, and the First Lady. Their two children are named Freedom (elder) and Liberty (younger). God Bless America.
VMjWp TIL the handshake in agreement meme is based on this scene from "Predator" and the arms in the meme represent Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers respectively
DBEe TIL that there are no natural lakes in Maryland
oB4EA TIL then 13 year-old Danielle Lei, a Girl Scout in San Francisco, was the first Girl Scout to make news by selling cookies outside a marijuana dispensary. She sold 117 boxes in 2 hours.
69X4J TIL about Turkish oil wrestling a traditional sport where participants called pehlivan (wrestlers) or baspehlivan (master wrestlers), wrestle while covered in oil which makes it harder to grab each other