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TIL that Crested Auklets smell like tangerines and when they mate, other birds in the colony will surround them as vocal spectators and jockey positions to get close.

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9Y8DB TIL researchers at U of Tokyo have created a robot hand that has a 100% winning rate playing rock-paper-scissors. It does so by "cheating", using a high-speed camera to recognize the shape within 1 millisecond.
awvP0 TIL the bite from a Lone Star tick can cause a person to be allergic to meat.
AJBd TIL that the Nazis took many measures to ensure animals were protected as many Nazi leaders, including Hitler supported animal rights
8YWK TIL Humans can hear the difference between hot and cold water being poured.
oBE4Y TIL skateboarding started to appear in China after an American skateboarder traveled to Beijing to study Chinese in 1986. There wasn't a Chinese word for skateboarding at the time he arrived.