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TIL that in a study done in 2020, painting eyespots on cattle butts was shown to be an effective measure in deterring predators.

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BgLyr TIL a high school student wrote a text-based moon landing simulation in 1969 using a PDP-8 minicomputer. It was "a question and answer game" - at each stage of the landing you'd find out your current velocity and then you had to enter how much fuel to use. If you burned fuel too early, you'd crash.
K8Aa TIL that for severe alcoholics, the body can become so physically dependent on the substance that they can literally die without it.
VB7R0 TIL that Air Guitar is a competitive sport and that it has a world championship
OGEd4 TIL that in 2012, a 19 year old Nebraska woman named Hannah Sabata robbed a bank and stole a car.After seemingly getting away with it, she went home and uploaded a video titled "Chick Bank Robber", showing off her stolen items. She was arrested the same day.
y4KX TIL North Carolina does not require mandatory rest breaks or meal breaks for employees 16 years of age or older. Companies can force employees to work 8 hour days with no breaks and it’s not against the law.