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TIL the dumb and dumber mocking bird song is a real song.

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j9KM TIL that an Ohio woman who abandoned kittens was sentenced to sleep in the woods, with no food or entertainment.
Z8OrR TIL about Kate Warne, America's first female detective, who in 1861, in the guise of a "rich southern lady visiting Baltimore," infiltrated a secessionist social gathering and revealed a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln before he took office.
4vLR TIL Japan has a longer coastline than Australia
X0nwP TIL the term “Utopia” was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, which describes an ideal society on a fictional island in the New World- a seminal work of political philosophy and social critique, exploring themes of governance, communal living, justice, equality, and human behavior.
e06wJ TIL that in 1997, a poacher wounded a tiger and stole part of its kill. The tiger found the poacher's cabin, destroyed his belongings, waited at least half a day for him to return, then killed and ate him.