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TIL that wolves are vital to the existence of Yellowstone NP ecosystem.

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07pj TIL in the Spanish town Brunete council volunteers will send dog poo in the mail to dog owners who are seen failing to pick up their dog’s faeces in public.
woPQY TIL The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by twelve countries who agreed to only use the continent for peaceful research purposes. It entered into force in 1961 and has since been acceded to by 56 total nations.
mx0O TIL an Indian soldier, after being shot in the groin and shoulder, finished climbing an ice cliff, took out a bunker with a grenade, then another 4 enemies with his bare hands.
4RRb TIL during the Cuban missile crisis a Soviet Submarine came under attack from depth charges, the captain assumed WW3 had started and prepared to launch a nuclear weapon, his executive officer overruled him. It turned out the depth charges were training rounds being used to signal them to surface.
PYEXL TIL a wife was convicted of a murder due to testimony of a pet parrot that repeated “don’t (expletive) shoot” in the dead husband’s voice