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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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R5g1 TIL Canada’s First Astronaut is now a Member of Parliament
8aNM8 TIL that a cannibal named Issei Sagawa has profited from his crimes. After murdering and eating his classmate in 1981, he was released due to a loophole and has translated his fame into books, talk show appearances, and even softcore porn films in which he bites his co-stars.
awoQJ TIL a study of 3,599 commuters in 4 European cities found that people who commuted daily through natural environments reported better mental health. "Natural" was defined as outdoor spaces including forests, street trees, parks, reserves, & all types of waterbodies, both public & private.
oobo TIL that KIND, which makes energy bars, relies in part on spreading acts of kindness. Employees are given plastic cards that they can give out if they see random acts of kindess. Kind will then send the samaritan a couple bars as well as another card to pay the kindness forward to someone else.
8eQ8X TIL that back in 2013, Xerox had scanners that would randomly change numbers after scanning a document.