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TIL: “Judas Goats” are feral goats fitted with GPS. In Australia, the Judas goats, & their natural herding extinct, lead shooters to feral goat herds, so the populations can be controlled.

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Xp16 TIL the largest bank heist in history was $1 Billion US Dollars stolen from a Central Bank just hours before the US began bombing Iraq. The weapon that made this heist possible was a note, signed by Saddam Hussein. It took over 5 hours to load the money onto the trucks.
nex9G TIL That the current London Bridge is only about 40 years old, and the original 188 year old bridge is now in Arizona.
awwgZ TIL In 2017, a woman called Chau Smith ran 7 marathons in 7 consecutive days on 7 continents in celebration of her 70th birthday.
oRKyW TIL electric cars can drive through deep water unscathed
16p0D TIL "Bookazines", usually presented as single-topic, in-depth magazines often marketed to consumers as collectors’ items, saw newsstand revenues grow by millions in 2020. Examples are issues on BTS from Time and a Life special on the Beatles