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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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awvP0 TIL the bite from a Lone Star tick can cause a person to be allergic to meat.
JL9j TIL that in 2012, Neil Armstrong’s widow Carol Armstrong found a hidden stash of moon landing artifacts inside his closet - and the hoard included the famed 16 mm camera that captured Apollo 11 crew’s planting of the US flag on moon’s surface.
BrgJd TIL its legal to hunt wild boars from a helicopter in the state of Texas
neXY TIL there is an organization called ‘After the Rapture Pet Care’, in which Christians may register their pets for non-believer volunteers to feed and care for, in case of Rapture.
ZplG TIL that in Yakutia Russia, temperatures become so cold that trees explode, blue sparks fly from falling timber, mercury freezes and exhaled breathe is transformed into a shower of ice crystals called “the whisper of the stars”.