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TIL: Since 1990- South Dakota has celebrated Native American Day instead of Columbus Day

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6980W TIL In 1902, Lionel Walter Rothschild brought 6 Edible Dormice (Glis glis) back to Tring, England from Hungary. Some of the 6 escaped, breeding and growing to an estimated 10,000 mice in a 200 mile radius around Tring that are both an invasive species and protected species.
7r617 TIL that the average male gorilla is about 20 times stronger than the average adult man.
nekRd TIL that in the Caucasus nation of Georgia has a large amount of people who support the restoration of their monarchy.
oBDer TIL that there used to be a BUS service between London and Calcutta in the 1960s. The double-decker bus was known as Albert and the trips covering 7957 KM in 110 days & cost £145.
RNx6 TIL that we’re on the brink of a global wine shortage, patially because China’s consumption of wine has doubled twice in the last five years.