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TIL- Feeding bread to ducks is extremely harmful to their health and their ecosystem

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WvXB TIL the original order of assassins killed their targets in broad daylight in crowded areas, with a rule to not kill any civilians. A contemporary Jewish historian wrote of them: “they are believers of the word of their elder and everyone everywhere fears them, because they even kill kings.”
0dvRj TIL During the last Ice Age the ice mass could have been up to three kilometres thick
WKOY TIL the Soviet Union promoted junk science to such an extent that it spawned a new word - “Lysenkoism” - which is used metaphorically to describe the manipulation or distortion of the scientific process as a way to reach a predetermined conclusion as dictated by an ideological basis.
kBN4 TIL It is a requirement for British tanks to have a kettle onboard for brewing tea.
9PKG TIL An Oregon resident was sentenced to 30 days in jail after being found guilty of collecting 13 million gallons of rainwater.