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TIL: Tumbleweeds are not indigenous to North America and were likely not around during the wild west.

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gM9GX TIL that the phenomenon of "Rickrolling" became so popular that that on 1 April 2008, YouTube pranked its users by making every single featured video on its front page a rickroll.
8elmL TIL Australia’s Aboriginal inhabitants, once thought isolated from the rest of the world for 45,000 years, have genetic markers showing mass migration from India 4,000 years ago, which also coincides with the first appearance of dingos on the island-continent
Ryvw TIL that during World War II in Australia, there was a dog whose hearing was so acute that it could warn airforce personnel of incoming Japanese planes 20 minutes before they arrived, and before they showed up on radar. “Gunner” could also differentiate the sounds of allied and enemy aircraft.
MeaVB TIL that according to the UN, Facebook played a "Determining Role" in a 2017 Genocide in Myanmar, where it is estimated that 24,000 died and 700,000 fled.
xVDLD TIL that the University of Chicago economists used to propose a plan, dubbed The Chicago Plan, to limit the power and independence of the Federal Reserve. This plan was drafted during the wake of the Great Depression