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

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oakE TIL that US election day is always held on a Tuesday because in 1845 farmers often needed a full day to travel by horse-drawn vehicles to the county seat to vote. Farmers would leave Monday, vote on Tuesday and be back in time for market day, which was on Wednesday.
DQ04J TIL Korean astronauts eat a version of kimchi that has been radiated to kill all of the microorganisms
M7gwW TIL that the first comic movie ever nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars was Skippy, nominated in 1931.
YREv TIL that the last meal is based on a superstition from pre-modern Europe. By accepting the last meal, the condemned was believed to forgive the executioner, the judge, and witness(es). This would prevent the condemned from returning as a ghost to haunt those responsible for their killing.
4X8P5 TIL that not only is USA the 3rd most populated country in the world, but if it had ONE BILLION MORE people, it would still be the 3rd most populated country in the world.