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Jul 20, 2020

TIL that when an animatronic langur infant was used to film wild langurs, the monkeys adopted it--until it was eventually dropped and ceased movement, at which point the monkeys believed it had died and gathered together to mourn the dead infant

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Jun 22, 2020

TIL A couple in Brazil planted 2 million trees over 20 years in order to bring back a rainforest that was destroyed due to deforestation. Now the area has status as a Private Natural Heritage Reserve and is home to 172 types of birds, 33 varieties of mammals, and 15 kinds of reptiles and amphibians.

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Jun 10, 2020

TIL A Dutch start-up company have been able to start training wild crows so that they pick up cigarette butts and put them in bins for peanut as a reward.

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May 08, 2020

TIL The NYPD has a beekeeping unit with 2 full time officers whose job it is to focus solely on any issues related to bees in the city.

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Apr 04, 2020

TIL about Witness Trees. These are trees that were present during key moments in American history. They have been known to hide bullets from those events within new layers of wood and bark. To help preserve their historic relevance, a Witness Tree Protection Program was launched in 2006.

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Feb 05, 2020

TIL that lemurs get high by seeking out millipedes and chewing on them. The millipedes release toxins when attacked, which intoxicate the lemurs. In addition to getting absolutely blasted, the lemurs use these toxins as an insecticide by rubbing them deep into their fur.

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Nov 30, 2019

TIL whenever a hermit crab finds a shell too big for itself it'll wait until a queue forms and an individual that fits the shell is found. Then an exchange will occur - smaller crabs will move to newly emptied shells.

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Nov 30, 2019

TIL The sunfish can grow as big as a pickup truck and can carry up to 40 kinds of parasites. They let cleaner fish feast on the parasites. But some of the toughest parasites need to be removed by seagulls. The seagulls surgically cut into the fish's flesh to eat the most stubborn of parasites.

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Nov 27, 2019

TIL 1,000 Year Old Windmill in Iran. These amazing windmills are among the oldest in the world. Located in the Iranian town of Nashtifan, initially named Nish Toofan, or "storm's sting," the windmills have withstood winds of up to 74 miles an hour.

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Nov 14, 2019

TIL of a tree that grows 40 different fruits

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Nov 10, 2019

TIL 80's pop group Spandau Ballet got their name after seeing it written on a nightclub toilet. Spandau Ballet actually refers to prisoner hangings at Spandau Prison and their twitching and jumping at the end of the rope.

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Nov 06, 2019

TIL National Geographic hires an archivist who has worked by himself in the magazine office basement for over 30 years. He has handled hundreds of thousands of photographs and is responsible for about eight million images in the vintage collection

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Oct 30, 2019

TIL that mudskippers use gill-chambers full of water as fishy scuba gear when they’re on land.

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Oct 14, 2019

TIL: The English Moors used to be a Temperate Rainforest, now a barren and desolate "wet desert" due to deforestation & fires caused by humans thousands of years ago

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Sep 08, 2019

TIL less than 100,000 giraffes are left in the wild. In the last 30 years populations have dropped 40%. In the last 10 years 40,000 Giraffe parts have been imported to the USA. Giraffes are facing ‘silent extinction’.

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Jun 26, 2019

TIL scientists say that parents shouldn’t discourage their kids from eating boogers based on findings that snot consumption is good for overall health: snot contains a rich reservoir of good bacteria, and eating it can strengthen the body’s immune system & prevent bacteria from sticking to teeth

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Jun 19, 2019

TIL Japan has a National Wolf Association fighting to reintroduce wolves to the country to deal with a massive roaming deer population

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May 25, 2019

TIL that a crevice refers to a crack in rock while a crevasse is a crack in a glacier.

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Apr 25, 2019

TIL a Japanese company makes chopsticks out of broken baseball bat's.

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Apr 10, 2019

TIL India has 3 foot long, multicolored squirrels.

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