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TIL that after FIJI Water ran an ad joking that it “wasn’t bottled in Cleveland,” the Cleveland Water Department proved that Fiji Water contained the highest levels of arsenic and other contaminants when compared to Cleveland tap water and other bottled brands

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p8b9e TIL about a hunter who won an auction to kill an endangered black rhino in Namibia. In this controversial practice, several older rhinos that are no longer able to breed but still pose a deadly threat to younger males areIDd. The proceeds are meant to go toward anti-poaching and conservation effort
8yrZ TIL After the MOD decided not to recognise the 50th anniversary of the RAF. Flight Lieutenant Allan Pollock Flew his hawker hunter jet under Tower Bridge and around London without permission from the RAF or MOD to commemorate the occasion.
9epm TIL Japanese honey bees defend against Japanese giant hornets by forming a tight ball around the offending hornet. Vibrating their wings, the bees create and direct enough heat to the centre of the formation that it becomes lethal to the hornet.
grQa8 TIL the Netherlands Forensic Institute can detect deepfake videos by analyzing subtle changes in the facial color caused by a person’s heartbeat, which is something AI can’t convincingly fake (yet)
1Vdr TIL that in 1937 a 15-year-old growing up in St. Petersburg, Fla, was listening to a short-wave radio and picked up Amelia Earhart’s last radio transmission. She took notes and tried telling the authorities. No one believed her.