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TIL the American Public Power Association has a ‘Squirrel Index’ data tracker to track squirrel attacks on electrical power systems. They found that the two peak periods of highest squirrel activity are May-June and October-November.

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7OE7 TIL: Graffiti is Plural. Graffito is the singular form
KApJ TIL that 112 is an international mobile (cell) phone emergency number that redirects you to the local emergency services.
165mW TIL that Europeans starting using the term “Aztec” to refer to the people who lived around the city of Tenochtitlan, but that’s not what they called themselves. They referred to themselves as the Mexica.
e0k0J TIL the airport in which "The Terminal" was shot was a massive failure. Traffic predictions were grossly overestimated, the highways to link it to Montréal were never built and its terminal was insulated with asbestos. It hasn't received passengers since 2004 and the terminal was destroyed in 2016.
epD54 TIL that in WW2 the US Army issued manuals on how to perform in drag.