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TIL raccoons in Toronto, Canada have issues with obesity and diabetes

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XEGJj TIL 3000ft up a mountain in France is a block of sandstone commemorating the exact spot where the author Victor Hugo was conceived.
xVpjg TIL many moth species have developed sonic defenses to help camouflage themselves from bats. One example is the male hawk moth which stridulates their genitalia mid flight to produce a sound at that effectively acts like a sonar jammer.
WJAd TIL that Taco Bell once tried to expand into Mexico by portraying their menu as American food. They even included french fries on the menu. It didn’t work, and they closed down in less than three years.
VMxJQ TIL that 63 Earths could fit inside Uranus
ADGaw TIL Joesph Kennedy father of JFK once started film companies in Hollywood, had an affair with Gloria Swanson, only to blow it all up and bow out of Hollywood less than a decade later.