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TIL about LIDAR, similar to SONAR and RADAR, this technology bounces light off of the Earth to map features of the land. Even peering through dense forest, it's changing how all sorts of fields of study see the land's topography.

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o8yY TIL a Florida-based beer company created fully edible 6-pack rings from brewing byproducts such as wheat and barley; the rings are just as strong as the plastic variety, yet completely digestible and biodegradable
WkllL TIL love can be classified into three categories: lust, attraction, and attachment. Each type is characterized by its own set of hormones: Testosterone and estrogen drive lust; dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin create attraction; and oxytocin and vasopressin mediate attachment.
D1ybD TIL that "Frasier", a 19-year-old sickly and feeble lion with a lolling tongue rescued from a Mexican circus in 1972, went on to sire 33 cubs by the protective lionesses who catered to him and brought him food at LA's Lion Country Safari.
pYwm8 TIL The Dracula parrot is only found in New Guinea
m116P TIL Claude E. Shannon was the first winner of the Claude E. Shannon Award.