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TIL a group of American Indians are trying to secede from the USA

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oBadK TIL that a population of feral wallabies is on the loose in England. The animals, native to Australia, have been spotted dozens of times in recent years and originally escaped from zoos that were poorly maintained following WWII.
Z87Z4 TIL that in Sweden you have a constitutional right to allemansrätten, which is the right to peacefully hike, camp, bike and enjoy nature anywhere in the country unimpeded, with the only restriction being very close to someone’s house or if you mess up a garden.
9mXp TIL: When Albert Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity, the New York Times sent their golfing correspondent to interview him.
rRWme TIL about Roselle, a seeing-eye dog that led her blind owner, Michael Hingson, down 1,463 steps from the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Dog and owner exited just before the South Tower collapsed, and both survived.
mxV9y TIL that in some highschools in Japan the students need to hatch and raise chickens before killing and eating them.