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TIL There were ancient stone tablets in Japan’s recent tsunami struck areas with inscriptions “Do not build your homes below this point!”

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DQvDJ TIL in the 1800s, there were about 50,000 grizzly bears in North America, spread across a wide swath of the western half of the continent from Canada to Mexico.
GJJ7 TIL: Grasshopper Mice have adaptation to turn scorpion venom into a pain-killer. They now prey on scorpions.
QD8E TIL: There is a cat that is such a prolific hunter, bears actually run away upon seeing it
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dYN9 TIL it snowed 8 inches on the eve of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. To clear Pennsylvania Avenue, an army of men worked all night, using flame-throwers.