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TIL that Wolves were reintroduced to the American West bringing indirect ecological improvement called Trophic cascades. Wolves put pressure on Elks that can't forage anywhere and anytime. Some of the Yellowstone’s woody plants are now growing again.

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7rVDp TIL about Carlos Kaiser, The greatest striker who never scored a goal in 25-year career. He was a conman who tricked football clubs into signing him, but always faked injuries to avoid playing and getting caught.
PY4RJ TIL that Shaq joined the Freemasons in 2011
16W4V TIL the USA's smallest bank has one full time employee, no ATM, and less than $5 million in assets
dDkwQ TIL that autocomplete for keyboards was first developed in the 1950s for Chinese typewriters, which required users to navigate through thousands of logographic characters, thus helping people type faster without the need to search for each character.
nWr0r TIL Norman Rockwell suffered from multiple personalities, including Rocky, who was abducted by aliens. Rockwell suffered from multiple psychotic breaks and created dark, sometimes blasphemous art that was never shown.