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TIL that marine officials in Honduras trained sharks to hunt Lionfish, which were invading the population.

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b6y5Q TIL that Gerald Ford was an assistant coach at Yale and attended law school in the off-season.
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P11XL TIL there was an epidemic of bubonic plague in San Francisco in the early 20th century, but denial by city and state government, and racism, caused people to focus on Chinatown residents
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