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TIL Birds of prey spread fires deliberately in Australia to flush out prey

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W48d TIL In 2014, The State of Alabama paid Universal Records $75,000 for 5-year rights for the phrase “Sweet Home Alabama”
XEWEQ TIL that the dust from Sahara Desert provides valuable phosphorous to the Amazon rainforest, allowing the latter to thrive.
kJxZ7 TIL that despite his worsening ALS condition, Jason Becker managed to finish recording guitar for David Lee Roth's A Little Ain't Enough album, and has lived over 34 years and released multiple albums since his diagnosis in 1989
WkYZX TIL that in 2013 the Falkland Islands held a referendum about remaining British or becoming Argentinian, only 3 persons voted in favor of Argentina.
54gp TIL In 2014, a woman was arrested for printing $20k fake bills at home. She took $5 bill with specific watermark, soaked them in degreaser, used toothbrush to scrub off the link and then printed scanned images of $50 or $100 bills over them.