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TIL about japanese beetles that infest plants in colorado

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yxBv TIL that a Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa, was dropped from delivering a speech on “what the food industry could do to improve public health” - because he exposed the deceptive marketing used by top brands. So he released it on YouTube and got 300,000 views.
E1myP TIL about Sarah Rector, who became rich at 12 due to an oil strike on her land. The Oklahoma Legislature declared her to be a white person in 1913, so that she would be allowed to travel in first-class accommodations on the railroad, as befitted her position.
rRWQo TIL Lego's brick making is so accurate only 18 in every million bricks made are defective, which are then recycled.
9YdG6 TIL Sir David Attenborough is the only person to win a BAFTA for a programme in black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K.
j6Lxp TIL there was a proposed US annexation of the Dominican Republic under President Grant. The bill failed in the Senate because of Liberal Republican opposition, and directly contributed to the Liberal Republicans running Horace Greeley to oppose Grant in the 1872 election.