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TIL British imperialist Cecil Rhodes advocated for a secret society that would bring the entire world under British rule.

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ebKJ TIL that Oswald West, Governor of OR made the entire OR coastline a public highway to preserve access to everyone.
KYN7B TIL about the Duquesne spy ring, the largest espionage case in US history that ended in convictions, where 33 members of a nazi german espionage network were sentenced to a total of over 300 years in prison. They were lead by a man who had advised Theodore Roosevelt on big-game hunting.
69gQl TIL a woodpecker wraps his tongue around his skull
6EEx7 Asking for a friend.
BgmyK TIL during a scene in The Shawshank Redemption in which a crow was to be fed a maggot, the American Humane Society objected against the idea of a live animal being killed for the scene meaning the team had to find and use a maggot that had died of natural causes.