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TIL Many wineries use barn owls instead of poison for rodent control

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LDEp TIL that understanding English actually hurts professional players of English scrabble; some of the world’s best Scrabble players are Thai and can’t speak English
ADY47 TIL that an anonymous Brit drew penises around potholes in Manchester to force authorities to stop delaying fixing them. It worked
V0b0 TIL there is a disease that affects the inner ear and amplifies all internal sounds. It gets to the point where the sound of the eyeballs moving in their sockets sounds like “sandpaper on wood”
JYn7m TIL that there was a radioactive energy drink called Radithor on the US market between 1918-1928. One prominent user was buried in a lead coffin.
OoNbL TIL That the phrase 'flying saucer' used as a substitute for an UFO is the result of a mistaken newspaper report in 1947 of the first well-known UFO sighting by the business mogul Kenneth Arnold who said the speeding aerial was crescent-shaped but moved "like saucers skipping on water".