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TIL that the state of Idaho once dropped beavers in the wilderness on parachutes.

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drgE TIL dental cavities are a transmissible disease. They are caused primarily by one pathogen, Streptococcus mutans.
Wdd4 TIL no spiders in Australia have actually killed anyone in over 30 years.
l777a TIL Apollo astronaut and New Mexico senator Harrison Schmitt organized a cattle mutilation conference in 1979. He noted that in the last five years, in at least fifteen states animals were killed and systematically mutilated for no apparent purpose, by persons unknown
EgE9V TIL of Udam Singh. When Michael O'Dwyer, the Governor of Punjab (British India) ordered the Jallianwala Bagh massacre against peaceful protestors which killed reportedly up to 1500, Udam got his revenge for India 21 years later when he travelled to London and assassinated Michael O'Dwyer
7rLWp TIL that the online MMORPG "Star Wars: The Old Republic" held a massive memorial after the death of Carrie Fisher. Among the efforts, Sith players would hold off NPCs so that weaker players could get through, and one player even made a new character in Leia's likeness so people could pay respects.