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TIL Barns traditionally have their red color because farmers used to add rust to linseed oil to prevent fungi, mold, and moss growth.

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61WX TIL a young boy once pocketed a few giant African Land Snails while on vacation in Hawaii. When he returned home to Florida and got bored of it, his grandmother released them in the backyard, starting an invasion of foot long snails in Florida.
Wk4lo TIL Flowering tea or blooming tea, was a thing. It consists of a bundle of dried tea leaves wrapped around one or more dried flowers. These are made by binding tea leaves and flowers together into a bulb, then setting them to dry.
awLEo TIL in 2008, Nebraska's new "Safe Haven" laws allowing babies to be abandoned anonymously without fear of prosecution had to be changed after dozens of older children were abandoned within the first few months -- none of whom were babies. The law was revised to include an age limit of one year.
0wLdv TIL that the Russians succesfully developed a Plasma STEALTH cloacking device, but it had the limited purpose of screening the combat planes radar antenna, which happens to be a strong radar reflector.
VBGQp TIL about Lewes Bonfire, biggest celebrated Fifth November Event in the world, where number of large effigies are drawn through the streets before being burned at the bonfires.