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TIL Amelia Earhart had a prenup stating she would not be faithful to her husband

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pGWN TIL Google donated 5 million dollars to a program that uses drones to track poachers in Africa and Asia.
QND8e TIL that a Canadian senior's living complex saw a petty feud sparked after one elderly man moved in with his young wife. The other residents claimed he violated the age limit, and the couple responded by removing doorknobs, egging cars and exposing an affair between a tenant and one of the owners.
b6Yyj TIL that the iconic death's-head hawkmoth from The Silence of the Lambs couldn't be used in filming because it was too cold, so they glued skull decals on tobacco horn worm moths, instead.
QN919 TIL ancient Greeks used the term gymnosophist ("naked wise man") to describe the Indian philosophers they encountered who renounced materialism (including clothing).
k5G1 TIL the trailer for the 1992 film Patriot Games has a tagline “There’s never been a terrorist attack on American soil”, however the producers decided to leave it out of the final film as it sounded too much like an invitation or dare.