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TIL the Wolf Reintroduction Changes Ecosystem in Yellowstone including an increase in beaver colonies

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1NA8 TIL Marcia, George Lucas’s ex-wife, got an Oscar for her editing and was behind some of the better ideas of Star Wars. She got very little credit after the divorce.
B9ey TIL: That small plastic spheres are floated on top of reservoirs to help stop evaporation during droughts.
m1j0Y TIL General Mills founded Olive Garden and once owned toy brand Parker Brothers and clothing brands Eddie Bauer and Talbots
re5w TIL there was a woman that faces jail for growing vegetables in her front yard; five large planter boxes containing basil, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and cucumbers. The charges got dropped later on after the city was hammered with negative publicity.
PYN8e TIL in 1978 a punk rock band called The Rotters released a song called "Sit On My Face Stevie Nix". The band Fleetwood Mac was pissed off about it, and tried to get radio stations, record stores and clubs to boycott them.