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TIL If a wild boar gets loose in St. Paul or Minneapolis the Commissioner of Agriculture himself has to go out and capture that wild boar by law.

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4Anb TIL due to a Gypsy crime wave, city officials in Milan authorised police to set up an undercover operation that used hidden cameras and telephone taps to make arrests. The investigation found some children were generating up to $15,000 to $20,000 a month from their criminal activities.
gM1K4 TIL that the last American WWI veteran lied about his age to serve in the military at 16. He told one recruiter he was 18 but was told to go home "before my mother noticed I was gone." Instead of being discouraged, he doubled down and told the next recruiter he was 21 and was signed up on the spot.
jNQ5M TIL that Beethoven composed "Fur Elise" for a student he was infatuated with. As she was a mediocre pianist, he made the beginning of the song simple to play. However, she refused to marry him, so he added much harder parts, knowing she would never be able to play it.
OoMJL TIL Pokémon is the highest-grossing media franchise in the world with $59 Billion in revenue, $16 Billion more than Star Wars
0nAM TIL NFL quarterback Russell Wilson can trace his family lineage back to 524 A.D. to Arnulf of Metz, the patron saint of beer.