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TIL that some states like Idaho and Texas do not require a visual field for obtaining a non-commercial driver's license

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XEnyQ TIL: Raccoons are not native to Germany. They were brought there in the 1920s for their pelts. During World War II, an Allied bomb hit a raccoon farm wall, allowing a dozen or so to escape. Today, German cities are being overrun by millions of raccoons!
M7mlb TIL of Ambo the fisherman, who has been friends for over 20 years with a wild crocodile named Rizka. Ambo once had to leave town for 2 years for work and the crocodile still remembered him.
pYn74 TIL that the world's largest frying pan is in Rose Hill, North Carolina, and can cook 365 chickens at once!
MelJW TIL that José Salvador Alvarenga, a Salvadoran fisherman was stranded at sea between 2012 and 2014. He survived mainly on a diet of raw fish, turtles, small birds, sharks and rainwater.
X0mEk TIL: Maine still refers to 29 municipalities as “plantations”. They are between unincorporated areas and a town, size wise