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TIL the human brain remains half awake when sleeping in a new environment for the first time.

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4kAXX TIL Rwanda's Akagera national park is the largest protected wetland in Africa and safari destination with elephants, lions. But in 1997 it was reduced in size by close to 50% as the land was allocated to populations returning after the 1994 genocide
DBLP TIL After dropping her 2 year old son into a pit of African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo, Elizabeth Derkosh attempted to sue the zoo for negligence (and other things)
8alDG TIL Louis Armstrong tricked Richard Nixon into carrying several of his bags through customs for him. One of the successfully transported bags contained 3 pounds of marijuana, making Nixon an unintentional mule.
JYkw1 TIL that wood ants practice chemistry, and will synthesize an antibiotic substance using tree resin and formic acid to protect the health of their colony. It is considered to be the most advanced act of evolutionary pharmacology seen in the animal kingdom
X0Jx6 TIL there is a database of 'haunted' houses in Hong Hong, which lists properties where a death has taken place. If a violent death has occurred, the property may lose up to 30% of its value. Once properties appear on this database, it is virtually impossible to remove them.