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TIL wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tubemen, marketed as “Air Rangers” or “Scary Dancers”, are very effective scarecrows when used to protect vineyards and orchards.

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p1NA TIL: Hacker, Kevin Mitnick, spent eight months in solitary confinement after law enforcement officials convinced a judge that he had the ability to “start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone.”
p8dQ TIL Adolf Hitler regularly injected himself with Amphetamine (Speed) along with other “unorthodox medications”.
NXgb1 TIL Queen Sophie of the Netherlands’ marriage with King William was so turbulent that when she died, she was buried in her wedding dress because she viewed her life ended on the day she got married.
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