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TIL Eastern Grey Squirrels were purposefully introduced to American city parks in the early 19th century as a form of entertainment and for those who lived in cities to get more exposure to nature.

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JQkj TIL Camp 1391 is a secret prison 1 hour from Tel Aviv, dubbed “the Israeli Guantanamo”. It was discovered by accident in 2003 by an israeli historian while researching old british police buildings
R5Lrl TIL there were Greek Buddhist monks long before there were Thai, Tibetan, Chinese or Japanese Buddhist monks.
oBOwr TIL: Many jurisdictions use a "randomized alphabet", re-shuffled periodically, to determine the alphabetical order that candidates' names will appear on ballots, in order to prevent an unfair advantage for names starting with A.
aw5jo TIL the movie "Fifty First Dates" is actually inspired by a true story. Michelle Philpots suffered two auto accidents, and over the following few years developed memory issues which eventually caused her to wake up every morning stuck in 1994 and before.
nWvjP TIL that Woody Harrelson’s father assassinated a Texas Judge in 1979