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

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NXdm8 TIL that a reporter snuck onto the yacht of Aristotle Onassis and discovered the relationship between him and Jackie Kennedy
VM7Kk TIL In 1794, the world's tallest structure, the Strasbourg Cathedral spire, was saved by a hat. Revolutionaries wanted to tear down the spire, as it stood against equality. The citizens of Strasbourg crowned it with a giant tin Phrygian cap, a symbol of liberty commonly worn by revolutionaries.
m5AR TIL there’s a 170-meter-long trampoline path that cuts through a Russian forest.
54n TIL Paper Wasps can learn and recognize faces of other Paper Wasps, making them one of the few lifeforms with the ability of facial recognition.
rR7Eo TIL that the final “You’re safe now” scene in Captain Phillips was never in the script but was added on the fly and ad-libbed. The staff of the infirmary were actual crew members of the USS Bainbridge, did not know they were going to be in the movie and just reacted to Hank’s acting.