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TIL that drug smugglers have SUCCESSFULLY used carrier pigeons to smuggle drugs. Wow.

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yQr8X TIL In 1988, Denny's restaurants (which are open 24 hours, 365 days a year) decided to close for Christmas and give their employees a day off. The only problem: their doors had no locks on them, so they had to outfit 700 locations with new locks so they would be able to close for the day.
LQAM9 TIL about Mapinguari, a monstrous jungle-dwelling spirits from Brazilian folklore that protects the forest and animals. It's described as a former human shaman turned into a hairy humanoid cyclops and has a gaping mouth on its abdomen. Some claim it's a modern-day sighting of a giant ground sloth.
eBkn TIL In Law and Order the distinctive “thunk-thunk” sound effect used in between scenes was created by combining close to a dozen sounds, including that of a group of monks stamping on a floor.
R5Dl9 TIL - The device reconnaissance aircraft use to measure the yield of a nuclear weapon is called a "bhangmeter."
Z85dv TIL of Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker, a British phycologist, whose research on the lifecycle of an edible seaweed saved and revolutionized Japanese production of nori, the principal seaweed used in sushi