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TIL that Arctic foxes create unintentional gardens by reusing den sites for generations and that these gardens are hotspots of biodiversity in such a challenging landscape

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9J4X TIL New York launched an “America Works” style workfare program in 1995 known as the Work Experience Program (WEP). The result was that thousands of students were forced out of school, and thousands of union workers were replaced by WEP workers doing the same jobs for a fraction of the pay.
yQ47p TIL the first song Joshua Radin ever wrote and recorded (on his roommate’s computer) was ‘Winter’, which was featured at the end of arguably the best Scrubs episode, ‘My Screw Up’. He was friends with Zach Braff because they went to Northwestern together. It launched his music career.
ZE5Q TIL that Iron Maiden has their own Jumbo Jet, which is flown by their lead singer Bruce Dickinson
XE7nP TIL Canada's Parliamentary press conferences are run by the journalists themselves, not by political office holders like in the US.
dVY7 TIL that Mount Disappointment, a mountain in Australia, got its name after hikers climbed to its summit and found the view to be underwhelming.