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TIL Minnesota is the only state in the contiguous USA that has always held a viable gray wolf population.

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8JRX TIL a tax return check is actually money that the government borrowed from you - interest free.
wKW TIL tennis players’ grunts offer the grunter an advantage. Not because the noise is distracting, but because it covers up the sound the racket makes when it hits the ball, making it difficult to judge how hard it’s hit and with what spin the ball has.
ANY4d TIL in 1903 Japan operated "human zoos" of their colonies. These lasted until they mistakenly put a schoolteacher on exhibit who confused spectators by making eloquent speeches & fundraising for his school while wearing traditional dress, embarrassing the organizers
wLwr8 TIL in an effort to convince senators in 1990 to vote in favor of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 100 disabled people shed their crutches and assistance devices and crawled up the capitol stairs in an effort of direct action to demonstrate the need for disability accessibility.
a8p5L TIL that romans didnt have any word to define skin color