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TIL Rabbits can smell their dead relatives in the feces of predators

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epDLk TIL To protect historical Steveston Village from flooding on Canada's Westcoast, there is a plan to build a $170 million dyke in the Fraser River and around an island. Because it is a working harbour, a 50m seagate would be required in the middle of the dyke
XEwvj TIL Santa Claus was issued a pilot’s license from the U.S. government in 1927. They also gave him airway maps and promised to keep the runway lights on.
X6NR TIL that pistachios were dyed red to cover imperfections on the shells due to the harvesting methods when grown in the Middle East. But now 98% of pistachios are grown in California, which why you don’t see red pistachios anymore.
dDLP8 TIL that Dr. Leopold Poetsch (or Pötsch), an Austrian history teacher and ardent supporter of Pan-Germanism, influenced Hitler's nationalistic views while teaching him at the Linz high school.
xVGwg TIL that healthy food is more expensive than unhealthy food and that gap is actually growing