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TIL that in 1985 French Military Agents bombed a green peace vessel in a New Zealand harbor that was there to protest French Nuclear testing on a nearby island. The blast killed one crewmember.

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R5rO1 TIL Woody Guthrie composed "This Land is Your Land" and then forgot about it, not doing anything with it for 5 years
dDX9 TIL a sociopathic 10 year old girl killed two boys. One of the crime scenes was described by the inspector as “There was a terrible playfulness about it…and somehow the playfulness of it made it more, rather than less, terrifying”. She was convicted and then released at the age of 23.
16Bb8 TIL that If two pieces of similar metals touch in a vacuum, and if both pieces are perfectly flat and polished, they will indeed fuse to effectively make one new piece. This is called cold welding.
ne5mG TIL many bird species engage in "anting", where they actively rub ants onto themselves to excrete their body's chemicals. As to why, hypotheses include using the chemicals to ward off pests, preparing them to eat, for grooming their feathers, and for stimulating themselves.
9jKD TIL Productive arguments with a spouse, are one of the things that appear to distinguish couples who stay together from those who split