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TIL Alec Douglas-Home (UK Prime Minister 63-64), Once talked himself out of being kidnapped by telling the kidnappers, he'll win the next election if they do.

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8ee7G TIL about “Bonin English” — a dialect that is an English/Japanese fusion, spoken on the Ogasawara Islands. Previously uninhabited, the islands’ first modern inhabitants were anglophones in the 19th century. The islands went back and forth between the UK, US, and Japan. Today, they are part of Japan.
NXGW1 TIL in 1948, 76 Beavers in Idaho were airlifted by parachutes to relocate them in a government program called "Beaver Drop", due to complaints of public nuisance - despite their dams contributing to multiple natural benefits. The estimated value of a beaver's work was $300 ($5800 in 2021).
l7PPa TIL: that until 1990, British judges would wear a black cap while pronouncing execution sentences, and that it is still used in some ceremonies today
b4y9 TIL that for $12,500 (slightly more than average funeral costs) you can have your remains launched into deep space
PwZw TIL there are fish that can induce LSD-like hallucinations when eaten. The effects can last several days and are known as “the chief of ghosts” in Hawaii and “the fish that makes dreams” in Arabic.