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TIL Fossa's are the top predator in Madagascar and mainly hunt lemurs.

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d8GlK TIL that the largest pumpkin ever grown in the US state of Massachusetts was in 2020, by Charles M. Lieber, a Harvard chemist convicted of not disclosing ties to the Chinese government, as well as not reporting associated income from this work
kJlxe TIL in the past decade, total US college enrollment has dropped by nearly 1.5 million students, or by about 7.4%.
yMle TIL that Southern sweet tea was originally used to show wealth, as tea, ice, and sugar were all very expensive at the time.
v1E17 TIL that inventor Yoshiro Nakamatsu, who has filed over 3300 patents, dives underwater till he is "0.5 seconds before death", to come up with ideas. He believes that the deprivation of Oxygen helps his thinking process.
5YGaD TIL Ronald Reagan signed Proclamation 5157 declaring March 6, 1984, as Frozen Food Day. President Reagan called upon the American people "to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”