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TIL that Mouse Cannons were an 1862 mousetrap
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TIL that the Isle of Man has an invasive species of up to 100 Wallabies that escaped from wildlife park in the 60s
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TIL in 1954 the Soviet Union applied to join NATO… they were rejected
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TIL that there s a large-ish group of people who call themselves Otherkin who self-identify as animals, real or fictional, and even inanimate objects apparently.
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TIL after a Pittsburgh Restaurant Owner did away with tipping, paid employees a base salary of at least $35k/year (plus bonuses), gave them health care from date of hire, 500 shares in the business and a paid vacation, the restaurant tripled its profits in 2 months.
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TIL of the British Iraq Levies, a force mostly composed of Iraqi Turkmen, Kurds and Assyrians that fought alongside the Allies in WWII