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

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QNLZd TIL that during WW2, the US government confiscated brass decor from theaters to use in the war effort. The Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago painted all of their brass white to hide it from the government. The brass was then forgotten about until a 1999 renovation.
jaMQ TIL Christopher Lee not only was a huge Tolkien fan as far back as when the books were written but he actively shaped his career so that he could play a wizard when the films are eventually made.
NXYyM Today I learned that approximately two thirds of the moon rocks given as gifts by the Nixon administration are unaccounted for.
LQLXZ TIL the black bears in California's San Gabriel Valley were shipped here from Yellowstone in the 1930s, when they were retired from entertaining visitors by eating garbage in arenas.
4kNR6 TIL to end the Gulf War, the USAAF dropped howitzers on bunkers from supersonic fighters.