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TIL the only country with no live chickens is Vatican City

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epRM6 TIL that instead of using pesticides, the Mexican state of Coloma releases billions of sterile fruit flies who then outcompete the fertile ones for mates.
786LX TIL about Kotaku Wamura, who served as the mayor of the village of Fudai, Iwate between 1947 and 1987. During his tenure, he spent ¥3.56 billion on building a floodgate, which was derided as being a waste of funds. When the 2011 tsunami hit, the gate saved the village from the destruction.
XnXE TIL there is a species of sting-less bee in the Amazon Rainforest known as the “Barber Bee” that will cut your hair as a means of defense.
X4XE TIL that the honey badger and the honeyguide bird share a symbiotic relationship in which the bird guides the badger to nearby beehives. The badger will then break open the beehive and allow the bird to share in the booty.
GY5eE TIL Rober E Lee inherited his Father-in-law's plantation and instead of emancipating the enslaved people as instructed by the will; decided to run the plantation himself splitting families and being so cruel it led to a slave revolt.