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TIL: of the tree Kangaroo, the only arboreal macropod. There are 14 species, of which just 2 can be found in Australia, the rest are indigenous to Papua

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XEk1r TIL Mars (the owner of M&M’s) rejected a product placement deal in a film (E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial) about a boy who befriends an alien by luring him with candy, but Reese’s Pieces ( owned by Hershey’s) took a shot and and sales shot up 65% in the first two weeks after the movie hit the theaters.
vPRN7 TIL the number of glass-related injuries in the Oklahoma bombing in 1995 led to the review of glass used in buildings 'at risk', and a modern blast-resistant standard can be seen at work in the laminated glass windows shot at by a disgruntled individual in the Canberra Airport, Australia this week.
8aVbK TIL: Canadian insurance companies run a cloud seeding program to prevent the formation of large hailstones and reduce the amount of insurance claims for hail damage
VP04 TIL Between 1992 and 2013, the Amish population increased by 120%, while the US population increased by 23%.
vPd5K TIL Timothy McVeigh convinced anti-tech rascal Ted Kaczynski to use his prison TV