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TIL The juice of red cabbage can be used as a homemade pH indicator

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n5xB TIL in 1986 a French woman taught herself how to fly a helicopter, rented one, flew it over a prison, and plucked her bank robber husband off the prison roof.
8e95a TIL the platypus was initially believed to be a hoax by European scientists who discovered it. The platypus is a unique mammal that lays eggs, has a duck-like bill, a beaver-like tail, otter-like feet. However, indigenous Aboriginal people were already aware of the creature's existence.
vA4K TIL that Kenyan javelin thrower Julius Yego, who won Olympic silver this year, learned how to throw properly by watching YouTube videos.
4XrPg TIL that decades after reunification, the former border between East and West Berlin is still visible from space at night due to differences between the streetlamps used by the two sides
gMNpy TIL A rapper called Mac is serving 30 years in prison for manslaughter. In 2001, the prosecutors based their case on the lyrics of his songs and he was convicted although someone else confessed to the murder. Since then, four eyewitnesses said they were coerced by prosecution to testify.