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TIL termites may produce up to two litres of hydrogen from digesting a single sheet of paper, making them one of the planet’s most efficient bioreactors.

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e0JkJ TIL that Canada has the third-largest oil reserves in the world.
ONe7 TIL the 1978 “UFO abduction” of Frederick Valentich has been solved: out searching for UFOs, the inexperienced pilot saw “4 points of light of an elongated UFO”. Recent astronomical simulations show a perfect diamond formed by Mercury, Venus, Mars and nearby star Antares.
5LoP TIL Coyote attacks are on the rise in the U.S. as they are losing their fear of humans, and that most of these attacks are not coyotes but instead a hybrid called “Coywolves”
DQKZD TIL that Latimer Road tube station has automated announcements asking people not to take photos of the adjacent Grenfell Tower, partly out of respect for the people who died there and partly so that camera flashes don't distract tube drivers
P18rJ TIL milk jugs have those circle indentations for structural support, lower production costs and to allow changes in volume.