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TIL that a “touron” is park ranger slang for a tourist who behaves like a moron when entering a national park.

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4X8vg TIL a small town in the Appalachian Mountains, an area usually portrayed as being poor and ignorant in media, elected an all-female town council in 1948 that organized the town’s garbage disposal system and fire department, as well as many other positive changes
v1MOx TIL Capuchin monkeys at Brazil’s Serra da Capivara National Park, are 3,000 years into their own 'Stone Age'
wok6 TIL Mt. Everest has 3G coverage
a8J59 TIL about the Tarantula Hawk, a type of spider wasp which preys on Tarantulas. The wasp uses its sting to paralyze the spider and drags it to its nest. It then lays a single egg on it. When the egg hatches the larva eats the spider alive slowly and by avoiding vital organs.
Eg4Oo TIL being sleep deprived can cause sexual arousal in mammals.