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TIL that Casio got its start by its founder creating a ring that you could smoke a cigarette with

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GYj67 TIL LLamas are the latest four-legged weapon against mutton-loving coyotes and wild dogs. Llamas are big, smart and have been known to kill coyotes by stomping them to death. They are becoming very popular right now as sheep guards. And it’s all an instctive thing. There is no training.
EgY8x TIL of "The Paradox of Choice." Research indicates that when we are given too many options to choose from, we tend to end up less satisfied than if we had fewer options to choose from. Increased choice leads to higher expectations, followed by regret and self-blame.
7rY4P TIL: Samuel Morse invented the telegraph after he received a letter of his wife’s failing health… after she’d died.
kOmDE TIL wasps like yellow jackets are attracted to the smell of propane. To them, propane smells sweet.
kJowB TIL: various English accents have developed what linguists call a "Mary–marry–merry merger", where all three words now sound the same, due to their vowels converging