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TIL that 3 Australian bird species deliberately help spread wildfires so they can find prey more easily

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ZpkQR TIL the British colonial government in India had created state-sanctioned brothels for "entertaining" English soldiers, something the English feminists and abolitionists of the time noted with horror. The girls would often be abducted from villages and tended to be as young as fourteen.
b9L10 TIL in 1988 the UK de-recognised the Cambodian embassy in London in order to enter the building and remove squatters who had occupied it since 1976. Under the 'adverse possession' common law, the squatters would have gained title to the building following twelve years of continuous occupation.
grneD TIL Gorda Ramsay Is Not Just Nice To Children, But Also Kind To His Staff And Contestants, Striving To Make It A Learning Experience
Za1o TIL That Mao ordered the Chinese to eradicate mosquitos, rats, flies, and sparrows. Because the sparrows ate seeds, he felt they were eating unearned food, thus, they represented Capitalism. They killed so many sparrows the Eco imbalance contributed to a famine that killed 20 million people.
xVOKk TIL that red dwarf stars can host life, will live trillions of years, and none have been witnessed as dying since the big bang