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TIL Alligators in Florida developed areas are only considered a "nuisance" if over 4 feet long.

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WkO7X TIL that actor Jason Schwartzman was the drummer for Phantom Planet who were famous for the intro to the OC. He is also Nic Cage and Sofia Coppola's cousin.
grM0b TIL about the Battle of Dupplin Moor, where an English army defeated a Scottish army at least 10 times larger. Many of the Scots were compressed into a valley and suffocated, unable to fight or move.
m1NYx TIL that Franklin D. Roosevelt likely had Guillain-Barré Syndrome, not Polio.
yQbD8 TIL Rat poison is actually an anti coagulant mixed with stuff like fiberglass. Rats are always scraping and squeezing and they build up these minor injuries, the anti coagulant stops their blood from clotting properly and they internally hemorrhage to death.
9YEAD TIL Franz von Papen (1879-1969) helped Hitler become German chancellor in 1933 and served as his vice chancellor. Though he soon realized how mistaken he had been, he continued to serve Hitler, and lived long enough to be released and write his memoirs