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TIL Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, started wrestling crocodiles at 9 years old to keep local boat ramps safe

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VBlDD TIL: Tua Tagovailoa (Starting Dolphins QB who throws left) is actually right handed
aw5PZ TIL Dr. John Kellogg who ran the Battle Creek Sanitarium starting in 1876 believed that most ailments resulted from unclean bowels full of toxins from undigested food. To that end, he administered enemas with a device capable of running fifteen gallons of water through a patient's bowel in seconds.
GYlx5 TIL flight hijacking from the USA to Cuba during the 60s/70s was so common, pilots were equipt with detour flight plans and building a fake "Havana airport" in south Florida was seriously considered
16xQX TIL wolves in the US state of Wisconsin were responsible for a 25% reduction in deer-vehicle collisions after being reintroduced into the environment there. By killing deer near these areas, or simply intimidating them into staying away road, wolves could keep the animals far from cars.
16bo4 TIL that defection from North Korea have plummeted from 2,803 to less then 99 in 2023.