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TIL Hackers worked out how to open BMW car doors via SMS by reverse engineering their assist technology.

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v1Omx TIL APOPO, a Tanzanian wildlife agency trained African Pouch rats to sniff out landmines and diagnose tuberculosis by smelling sputum samples. The rats were so effective that the US Fish and Wildlife Department spent $100,000 on a program where Pouch rats were trained to combat wildlife trafficking.
yVN4M TIL that a 26-story skyscraper pig farm was built in China's Hubei province, and has the capacity to slaughter 1.2 million pigs a year.
Xr9P TIL that, according to a UN study, almost 1 in 4 men in the Asia-Pacific area has admitted raping someone.
GYRkQ TIL a Toronto man built a wooden staircase for safe entry to a park for $550 after he learned that the city-made staircase would cost $65K-150K. Although it was removed by city staffs due to safety concerns, the mayor called and thanked him for his effort, and a new stairway was built for $10K.
kOl7e Today I learned that Ring Around the Rosie is most likely not about the Great Plague.