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TIL that "Firehawks" are birds that can intentionally start bushfires to aid their hunting.

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xW8g TIL men’s and women’s clothes button on opposite sides due to historical tradition where men needed quick access to their weapon using their right hand, while wealthy women were dressed by servants with the button configuration being flipped for easier access by the servants
Bg4re TIL A dam in Saltville, VA holding back a pond filled with 27 years of toxic waste broke on Christmas Even of 1924 and flooded an entire neighborhood killing 19 people.
6rZQ TIL in 2013 some people posing as cops and robbing citizens in Detroit turned out to be cops going around robbing citizens in Detroit.
OknY TIL in Gravesend, England, there is a whole fake town used by police to simulate dangerous situations. Fake streets, houses, parks, nightclubs, estates, aircraft, trains and tube stations are used to stage riots, robberies, hostage situations and terrorist attacks.
16eeP TIL of Irelands only native reptile, the Common Lizard (Lacerta Vivipara)