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TIL that to control the UK’s invasive grey squirrel population, a growing number of chefs and conservationists have a simple idea: eat them. One Scottish chef even made haggis from the North American rodent.

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4X7RX TIL of the Amish subgroup called Renno Amish where the men are allowed to wear only one suspender.
VLoZ TIL that Superman was once bitten by Dracula. But because the Man of Steel is fueled by the sun, Dracula immediately exploded.
Lgrp TIL that Jazz musician Billy Tipton lived for 74 years, had four sons, and several wives; and none of them knew that Billy Tipton had female body parts, Tipton went to great lengths to disguise birth gender; making up a big web of fascinating lies
MeYRB TIL that the saying, “Happy as a Clam” is short for Happy as a Calm at High Tide, since they have no predators that attack during high tide and can roam around freely
N7bxP TIL "dolphins in the ocean" can swim "more than 50 miles an hour" with "little power input." "Research . . . appears to show that the dolphins do this by twitching their skin in such a way as to discourage the formation of turbulent vortices and turbulence which leads to drag and power dissipation."