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TIL that waterbuck produce volatile organic compounds which act as a natural tsetse fly repellent, which researchers are testing for use on livestock

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1axVV TIL that polar bears and penguins live on opposite ends of the planet, and likely never have ever met.
DQAYe TIL that in 1841 France almost broke off relations with Texas due to a hotel owner's marauding pigs eating the French ambassador's bed linens
jNy1a TIL scientists have found a way to make a mini dam. They can harvest the mechanical energy from the falling rain, and they convert it into electrical energy.
NXejM TIL that the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is the only airport in the USA and perhaps the world to have a used bookstore: a branch of Renaissance Books.
AMRw TIL that in 1983 the Russians shot down Korean Airlines flight 007, killing all 269 people on board, including a U.S. Congressman