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TIL Alberta, Canada, has been waging a war against rats since 1950. There are virtually no rats in Alberta.

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R7bow TIL creation of the most sacred fire in a Zoroastrian temple requires combining flames from 16 different sources, one of which is a funeral pyre; however, funeral pyres are forbidden in Zoroastrianism as corpses are thought to defile the flame.
GE14 TIL of the island nation of Diego Garcia whose people were expelled by the British in 1971 and forced to live in Mauritian slums, just so that the US could build a military base on the island
e0prb TIL Harold Ramis directed some episodes of The Office
5YdLr TIL Lucky from King of the Hill was voiced by Tom Petty and also was supposed to be a one-off character, but decided to voice the character as needed.
b9Gx7 TIL that former Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, who was the Republican VP nominee in 1976 and the Presidential nominee in 1992 is 97 years old and still alive. I hope this doesn't violate Rule 4.