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TIL that Liberia was founded by U.S. citizens as a colony for freed African American slaves and their free black descendants.

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JY4nm TIL That during 2020 Nova Scotia Attack (Canada's worst murder spree), the RCMP tried to block the 911 recordings from being released to the public, because it proved they knew more the killers movements than they let on. As a resident of NS, I believe these need to be shared.
k0aW TIL that the mayor of Key West, FL declared war against the United States, surrendered after one minute, and applied for one billion dollars in foreign aid.
DK8D TIL three 16-year-old girls were able to cut germination time in half and increase dry-mass crop yields 74% by introducing nitrogen-fixing bacteria to non-leguminous crops like oats and barley. The experiment won them the 2014 Google Science Fair.
vP5dr TIL cashews have a fruit, and they look like mushrooms before harvest
ExVX TIL that all cats with 3 or more colors are females