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

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4DD5 TIL A California couple found over 1,400 Double Eagle gold coins from the late 1800s stowed in tin cans on their property. The value of the coins is estimated at $10 million.
b7Nj TIL an Italian brain surgeon had a heart attack in the middle of an operation. He powered through it when he realized his patient would never recover if he stopped.
xLNk TIL The toilets at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport pass the white-glove test. A realistic looking housefly is painted inside the men urinals so that men will aim at the fly and try to wash it down the drain. Fly-in-urinal research found that the etching reduced spillage by 80 percent.
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