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TIL that higher carbon dioxide levels actually make us stupider

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rRGD4 TIL that rats have been used to locate over 100k landmines and explosives. They're effective because they're too light to trip the mines.
Z8DAQ TIL that the rocket Saturn V produced enough sound to melt concrete nearby and set grass aflame a mile away
8vPa TIL there is a book titled, The Mouse That Roared, about a small nation that declares war on the United States in hopes of a swift defeat to get money to rebuild its country.
pDWO TIL 7 years before the Philosopher’s stone, Neil Gaiman published a comic book about an English boy who finds out he’s a wizard on his 12th birthday and receivs an owl from a magical stranger.
GAXOG TIL New Zealand rock band changed their name from Shihad to Pacifer in Jan 2002 to avoid being mistaken for the term Jihad which was a term heard often due to the events of 9/11. 'Shihad' had not long attempted to break into the American market when the attacks took place.