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TIL that, when petting a bird, one should pet only the head. For some birds, petting the chest is a form of sexual stimulation and can lead to a frustrated animal.

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O7Yg TIL St. Augustine, in the 4th century, wrote that Christians should not interpret Genesis literally because if science proved it otherwise, Christian witness would be gone.
6OG8 TIL that killer bees were created by a Brazilian scientist to create more honey, but they create less and are highly aggressive.
e0nYb TIL doves were traditionally released during the opening ceremony of the Olympics games, until Seoul 1988. Several of the birds, instead of flying away, settled on the cauldron housing the Olympic flame and were subsequently incinerated in front of the crowd when it was lit.
nWWBY TIL about Dick Bong: an American Flying Ace with 40 victories in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
rbjW TIL a British Columbia company backed by the Gates Foundation is sucking CO2 directly from the atmosphere and converting it to usable transportation fuel. The plant removes one ton of carbon dioxide a day, the equivalent of taking 100 cars off the road annually.