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TIL there's a species of invasive crayfish that was discovered in the 90's, is entirely made of clones, and an unknown origin

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yQxOM TIL during the golden age of piracy, pirates would abduct sea surgeons from merchant ships to provide a variety of surgical procedures.
pYPD8 TIL the title to “Inside Out” in Spanish is a pun. It is called “Intensamente” which means intensely but also ends with the word “Mente” or mind
kJkpe TIL the "Affair of the Cards" was a large scale secret conspiracy between the French government and Freemasons to suppress Catholics in the military
pYdyG TIL that when Wyoming was going through the process of becoming a US state in 1890, the state demanded that women be given the right to vote. The US Congress denied this request. The state replied by saying that they'd "remain out of the Union one hundred years rather than come in without the women"
P15ve TIL During World War II, a Pennsylvania dentist proposed to President Roosevelt to bomb Japan with timed explosives attached to thousands of bats.