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TIL that every year, the Colombian Army provides an armed escort during the migration period of black crabs, which are only found on the island of Providencia

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XyR TIL that mimicking the behavior of others causes you to be perceived as more friendly by interlocutors. This is known as “The Chameleon Effect.”
xVj17 TIL the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico burns a 50 foot puppet each year, named Zozobra, to burn away their worries from the previous year. They have done so since 1924.
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D1NBe TIL Adolf Hitler made France surrender on the train car where Germany originally signed the armistice with France in 1918.
W7LEN TIL during the US Civil War 40 suspected Union sympathizers were hung and 2 shot while trying to escape in Gainesville Texas in October 1862. The killings took place after trials by a packed juries in which guilt was decided by majority vote. Most of the dead were innocent of the charges.