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TIL badgers and coyotes hunt together. One burrows and one runs fast so prey can't hide.

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44nN TIL In 1897, 6 Inuit were taken to the Museum of Natural Science to be studied. All but two died of disease. A boy who survived pleaded for his dead father to have a traditional burial, so the curators staged a fake burial to trick the boy. Years later, the boy found his fathers skeleton on display.
jN8Xv TIL that "Rocky Road" ice cream is named after the Great Depression and not the texture of the Ice Cream.
WDoo TIL a panda noticed that pregnant pandas get special treatment, so she copied the behavior of pregnant pandas to get extra bamboo
1arEW TIL In 1947, Harry Truman became the first President to make an official visit to Mexico City. "I have never had such a welcome in my life," he told the Mexican legislature as hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets to see and cheer an American President for the first time
nW5W7 TIL - The amount of water in Lake Superior can cover all of North and South America in 1 foot of water