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TIL squirrels will adopt other squirrels babies if they are abandoned

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p8KK4 TIL that the guy who wrote "Awesome God" was ejected from a Jeep and then ran over by a semi truck
e0jx6 TIL that, in violation of its own non-segregation policy, the U.S. military secretly complied until the 1980s with Iceland's request that black American soldiers not be stationed in Iceland
jA7p TIL when the American Dairy Association was extending its “Got Milk?” ads into Mexico, the Spanish translation ended up as “Are you lactating?”
VBLB4 TIL about the atlantropa, a gigantic engineering and colonisation idea that was devised by the German architect Herman Sörgel in the 1920s, and promoted by him until his death in 1952. The project was devised to contain several hydroelectric dams in key points of the Mediterranean Sea.
6EWvW TIL that 'Alienation of Affections' is a common law tort still existing in some US states. If your marriage deteriorates due to your spouse having an affair with somebody else, you can sue that person for taking your spouses affection away from you. Damages can be in the hundred thousands.