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TIL that an estimated one-quarter of all black swans pairings are of two males, and they are known to steal nests from females in order to obtain eggs to hatch.

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pYJdZ TIL Germany had secret plans to invade Boston and New York City prior to WWI. It would have required 60 warships, and 100,000 soldiers. German troops were to land at Cape Cod, and Sandy Hook NJ, and fire shells into Boston and Manhattan in an effort to induce panic among civilians.
x6aKk TIL North America was once divided by the great Western Interior Seaway that ranged from the present Artic to Gulf of Mexico beginning around the Mesozoic period (approx. 200 millions years ago +/-) Its why Alberta, a land locked province, has such great fossil deposits.
6EllZ TIL that the US first used gas chambers to execute prisoners in 1924, 15 years before Nazi Germany. In 2015, Oklahoma introduced nitrogen gas as an alternative execution method.
KOJZB TIL the SKOR candy bar is supposed to mean 'brittle' in Swedish. But that's with the ö spelling. As it is, it just means 'shoes'
lPxV TIL New Zealand is part of a 93% submerged continent known as Zealandia.