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TIL that dung beetles orientate themselves using the milky way, and that researchers tested this by putting little hats on them

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rNBM0 TIL that in WW1, the British Army would allow groups of friends to volunteer together and let them serve in the same units in return. As a result, casualties to these "Pals batallions" would wreak havoc to entire communities in Britain.
EXPP TIL That a 6 year study of the D.A.R.E. program showed that a “small but significant number” of suburban students were more likely to use drugs after participating in it than those who didn’t.
ZpoNG TIL For Fifteen Years, between 1795 and 1810. the United States of America paid annual Tribute to Algiers of $21,600 (about half a million today)
nebEW TIL: The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has a reverse osmosis system capable of producing more than 500 tonnes of fresh, drinkable water from sea water per day.
myRp TIL that Woody Allen refused oscars saying, “The whole concept of awards is silly. I cannot abide by the judgment of other people, because if you accept it when they say you deserve an award, then you have to accept it when they say you don’t.”