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TIL That Pablo Escobar's hippos have become an invasive species in Colombia

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RpX6 TIL celebrated British military surgeon James Barry was found to be a woman on his death
yQjBJ TIL that the city of Enterprise, Alabama has a monument dedicated to the boll weevil as thanks for the weevils destroying their cotton crops, which forced them to diversify their agricultural sector and led to greater prosperity.
4Kwg TIL in 2001 Smith & Wesson lost 40% of their business due to a boycott by the NRA for entering into an agreement with the federal government to put locks on its handguns, and researching and implementing “smart-gun” technology that would only allow the owner to operate it.
X4l8 TIL there is a strip club in Portland that serves only vegan food and only allows its strippers to strip in non-animal-based clothing
8p94 TIL there was the Soviet equivalent to Eurovision called the Intervision Song Contest. Because of a lack of phones, viewers would turn lights on or off if they liked or didn’t like the song. According to load experienced on the electrical network, points were granted accordingly to each contestant.