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TIL that the Canadian province of Alberta has an entire hotline dedicated for rat sightings and ensuring the province remains rat-free.

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4GmR TIL: High IQ does not necessarily mean high job performance. Emotional intelligence (EI/ EQ) has shown to be a better indicator of job success.
R5ag7 TIL that between 1760 and 1860, college riots included Harvard's "Great Butter Rebellion" of 1766, which got the entire sophomore class expelled (some, like Ralph Waldo Emerson, were allowed to return). In Yale riots between 1843 and 1858, students stabbed or shot tutors and firefighters.
69dk8 TIL the first railroad fatality was William Huskisson, who crossed tracks to shake hands with the Duke of Wellington
x6gk TIL that it’s legal to kill a Scotsman in York as long as he has a bow and arrow.
9wWwG TIL that from 1992-2014, $400 Billion dollars was given by the US Government To Telecom companies for Fiber Optic Internet that doesn’t exist