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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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WAyX TIL over 8 million horses died in WW1. Of those who survived, most were sent to Belgian butchers, being regarded as unfit for any other purpose.
XEMVQ TIL that the original idea behind Marge Simpson’s hair was to conceal large rabbit ears. The gag was intended to be revealed in the final episode of the series, but they weren’t expecting the show to last 30 years
OooR7 TIL in 2016, seven years after his death, Michael Jackson made $825 million.
VB6ap TIL a South African hunter led an expedition in Zimbabwe where they encountered a charging herd of breeding elephants he shot at the elephants, and one of the elephants lifted him with its trunk. Another hunter shot the elephant, causing it to collapse on Botha, crushing him to death.
awpnJ TIL - Disney once sued three day care centers in Florida for unauthorized use of their characters (5 foot high likenesses on murals on the buildings) who had to remove them. Universal in turn let the centers use Scooby Doo, Flintstones & other of their Hanna-Barbera characters.