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TIL there are twice as many pubs in the UK as Starbucks in the world

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M7XyK TIL that, in 1960, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley gave Prince Akihito of Japan bluegill fish to be bred in Japan for food. They escaped captivity and are now an invasive species in Japan.
QNXwe TIL about the 1944-54 Kirov wolf attacks. Due to the need of hunters and rifles for WW2, man-eating wolf packs in Russian Kirov region lost their fear of humans, advanced into towns and villages in broad daylight, hunting mainly children and teenagers, killing 22.
VBWD8 TIL of The Kardashev scale: A 1-4 scale method of ranking planetary civilizations based on how technologically advanced they are. On the scale, humans are currently at mere 0.73
D1Laj TIL: Mt. Olive pickle company is based in a town called Mt. Olive and the street is One Cucumber Blvd, at the intersection of Cucumber and Vine.