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TIL a man running from a police helicopter using thermal imaging tried to fool the TI cameras by hiding in fresh manure. It didn’t work.

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NwkM TIL that it is a misdemeanor to kill Sasquatch in Skamania county in the state of Washington.
jNR8X TIL over 90% of the world's natural rubber is grown in Southeast Asia and a fast spreading disease called "Rubber Tree Blight" that once wiped out 90% of the world's supply of rubber in Brazil, could do the same in SEA, collapsing the entire world's economy, backtracking quality of life 130 years.
R55pQ TIL Hawaii is not covered by NATO Article V. But Alaska's Aleutian archipelago is.
KYDa TIL that scientists aren’t really sure why we require sleep. According to one researcher with 50 years of experience in the field, “As far as I know, the only reason we need to sleep that is really, really solid is because we get sleepy.”
8X8L TIL In Season 1 of Game of Thrones, the horse heart Daenerys eats was actually made of 3 pounds of gummy bears.