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TIL that in Sydney Australia snipers are deployed to protect colonies of little penguins from predators

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ReP9 TIL the ad revenue made from the “charlie bit my finger” youtube video was enough for the family to buy a new house
78N67 TIL of James Harrison, a man who saved 2.4 million babies by donating his extremely rare blood type. His unique blood helps prevent a life-threatening condition (Rhesus disease) where a mother's body harms an unborn baby's blood.
9wpym TIL The oil doesn't exist underground in caverns that would otherwise be empty if it wasn't for the oil. Instead of thinking of large empty pockets, think of a wet sponge, where the sponge is rock and it's "wet" with oil.
PYPvw TIL Discovery Channel survival expert Ed Stafford was the first person to walk the length of the Amazon River from source to sea. He thought it might take a year, it took him 860 days.
xODB TIL in 1983, a 19-year-old named George shot himself in the head in an attempt to end his battle with OCD. Instead of killing him, the bullet ended up destroying the part of his brain that controlled the obsessive behavior, curing the OCD.