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TIL that Alberta, Canada is a nearly rat-free province, and when a homeowner finds one it makes the news

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Z8Yxp TIL, In 2008, the country of Rwanda banned plastic bags and, in early 2019, banned all single use plastics.
epM1b TIL Sarah Josepha Hale, the author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb," campaigned for decades to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, writing to five presidents. Lincoln finally agreed in 1863.
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