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TIL bee-hives fences are used to reduce elephant/human conflicts as elephants have a natural aversion to bees

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xVYko TIL during the persecution of English Catholics, Nicholas Owen built secret compartments called "priest holes" into Catholic houses to hide priests from being rounded up. 400 years later some may still be undiscovered, since Owen was tortured to death rather than give up their locations.
KYNA6 TIL that election silence is a thing in many countries around the world. There is a time period before the election that the media and campaigns must stop talking about the election.
4veJ TIL: Males receive, on average, 63% longer sentences than females for the exact same crime.
R5w99 TIL in 2021, an advisory was issued in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for motorcyclists to install a flexible safety antenna that would connect to the mudguard or handlebar of the motorcycle, arch over the rider, and connect to the rear, in order to prevent death or injury from glass-laced kite strings.
401J TIL Oranges are actually a hybrid fruit - It is a cross between a pomelo (75%) and a mandarin (25%)