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TIL Google hired a Camel to map a desert for Google StreetView

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9w89r TIL Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonald's.
j6ela TIL The flicker fusion rate for a dog (the frequency of light that can be seen as fluid movement) is different for them so they see things on TV as more choppy
dDvyr TIL so-called one-time-use plastic grocery bags are increasingly being made of food starches from production waste, and they biodegrade. Article is from 2021 and does not address new advances.
grmx4 TIL The Strap-toothed Whale is so named because males have flat tusks that grow backwards over their beaks toward their heads at a 45 degree angle, making it impossible for them to open their mouths more than a few centimeters.
gQ1X TIL If an expensive watch ticks loudly, it is most likely a counterfeit.