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TIL termites are being researched as a possible renewable energy source as they can produce up to 2 litres of hydrogen from ingesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.

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oBkRK TIL that the version of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" most people have seen is an edited version produced for the 1966 rebroadcast. The 1965 version was considered lost media until 2018, when an original film reel was discovered and its contents were uploaded to the internet
11pX TIL of Kazimierz Piechowski, an Auschwitz prisoner who learnt that his friend was to be executed, and thus escaped with him and 2 other prisoners by disguising themselves as SS, stealing an SS car, convincing the gate guards that they were SS and demanding they open the gate, and simply drove off.
16pjV TIL Canada's e-scooter share program use technology to help determine if a rider is riding on a sidewalk instead of the street based on vibrations. People who ride on sidewalks will be mandated education and then fined
M77mB TIL In 1969, an American destroyer named USS Frank E. Evans collided with an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea at 3:00am because the commanding officer was asleep and left two inexperienced lieutenants in charge. The ship turned the wrong way, collided, & sank, killing 74 people
b119 TIL of Xenophon Zolotas, a former Greek Prime Minister who would give speeches in English only using words of Greek origin.