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TIL the original Oxford English Dictionary defined terrorism as “government by intimidation”

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8aG4P TIL that lyme disease was not as common in the past as it is now, and its prevalence is actually due to an explosion in the white-footed mouse population at the turn of the 20th century. This in turn coincides with the extinction of the mouse's primary ecological competitor: the passenger pigeon.
OooXL TIL potatoes and corn came to Spain from the Americas. Prior to this, chestnuts and acorns were the base food used to make flour and many traditional dishes.
YpWZA TIL that Steve Young, 3x Super Bowl champion and 2x NFL MVP, was the great-great-great-grandson of Brigham Young, the 2nd president of the LDS church. In college, Steve played football at BYU, the university named after his great-great-great-grandfather.
J1w08 TIL that Richard Nixon visited high Vietnam War protestors one morning at 4 AM
rRpVy TIL that a man was milled by a mute swan. After getting too close to a nest, the male swan knocked the man out of a kayak and actively blocked the man from swimming to shore.