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TIL that there is a permanent colony of wallabies inhabiting an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland after being released there in the '40s by an eccentric millionaire.

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awkMZ TIL that multiple investigations into Hurricane Katrina and its impact on New Orleans concluded that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which had designed and built the region’s levees decades earlier, was responsible for the failure of the flood-control systems.
Or8a TIL Bing Crosby was a lifelong golfer. He died at the age of 74 immediately after finishing 18 holes. His last words were reportedly “That was a great game of golf, fellas.”
DXKD TIL of the Codariocalyx motorius, a plant that starts moving, or “dancing” when exposed to sound. We don’t know how it works, or why this plant would develop such an ability.
Rl61 TIL People have gotten cockroach infestations after cable companies installed used cable boxes in their homes
kOjdd TIL that it took Tim Treadwell over 6 minutes to die during the bear attack that ended his life.