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TIL Groundhogs and Woodchucks are the same animal

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GxYQ TIL that in the 1910s/20s a wolf spent 9 years massacring livestock in the town of Custer, South Dakota. He evaded hunters, traps, and poison. He kept two coyotes as servants/lookouts. And when he was finally killed the government issued a press release.
60pJ TIL after Michael Jordan scored a game-high 69 points, teammate Stacey King quipped “I’ll always remember this as the night that Michael Jordan and I combined to score 70 points”
v1yNR TIL at George Washington's 1787 farewell party, 56 people drank 60 bottles of claret, 54 bottles of Madeira, 8 bottles of hard cider, 8 bottles of whiskey, 22 bottles of porter, and 7 large bowls of alcoholic punch; the bar tab cost $15 000 in today's money.
QJ1ZX TIL about the Battle of Drøbak Sound. Under cover of darkness, the Nazis sent their best ship to blockade Oslo, capture the king, and force Norway's surrender. It was foiled by a raggedy training fort and a bold decision to fire on the unidentified ships (video from movie, The Kings Choice)
YmQd TIL after Christopher Reeve’s injury, Robin Williams burst into his room in the ICU in full scrubs and claimed he was a proctologist and that he was going to perform a rectal exam. Reeve said it was the first time he had laughed since the accident, and he knew somehow everything was going to be okay