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TIL coywolves that are taking over eastern north america can breed with coyotes, wolves, and dogs.

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NXGGM TIL the Carlton Tavern, based in London, was demolished by its owners after failing to obtain the necessary planning permission. The council subsequently ordered the pub to be rebuilt brick by brick. The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during WW2. It reopened in 2021.
x6AKo TIL that Eratosthenes used the distance between two cities (Alexandria to Syene) to estimate the earths circumference, and he was only off by roughly 100mi
9Rap TIL that in 1963-6 a 120ft supergun fired over 200 projectiles weighing as much 180kg each as far as 180km into space from the Caribbean island of Barbados, setting an altitude record that has still not been broken - and the abandoned supergun is still in place on the island.
51Nr TIL that the NFL was paid $400 million by Microsoft to use their tablets, but the announcers keep calling them iPads.
NpD8 TIL that legend of a female Pope exists and while the church claims it is a lie invented by 16th century Protestants, over 100 ancient texts in the Vatican library still reference her existence as Pope.