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TIL: Goats can eat poison ivy with no ill effects. Goats are rented out to clear parks, golf courses and historical sites.

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4XKYo TIL about an Israeli Mossad agent who infiltrated the Syrian government, convinced the Syrian army to plant trees in strategical spots across the border for the fictitious purpose of shading for the soldiers, which were later used as aerial targeting markers for the IDF during the Six-Day War.
QVn9 TIL The Netherlands has drug testing spots where people can (anonymously) get all their drugs tested for free.
wo8kE TIL that the FDA regulates pet food like they do human food, and it has to be edible by humans!
OROY TIL that all the contributors of the psuedoscientifc AIDS denial magazine ‘Continuum’ died of clinical conditions caused by AIDS
01Q5 TIL after WWII the Soviets wanted to rebuild the historic Old Town of Warsaw as authentically as possible, using special kilns to fire new bricks in the old style, etc. But after 6 years of reconstruction, citizens noticed “mistakes”–the rebuilt facades were based on inaccurate 18th C. paintings.