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TIL about Acclimatisation Societies. Groups of people from the 19th century that would purposely introduce exotic species to new places. They are responsible for massive ecological disasters.

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WkkVB TIL historical literary evidence claims that Indian people were far more broad minded than untill 18th century as they use to see homosexual dimensions of human life like other universal diversities, it is also written in rigveda that "what seems unnatural is also natural.
Ooj71 TIL Mud or “dirt” daubers are harmless wasps that rarely attack humans, females prey on spiders to feed their young sometimes fitting up to 25 in a single cell, and when their larvae reach maturity the new adult burrows their way out. Blue dirt daubers prefer black widows.
Z8kYY TIL dogs and cats are responsible for 25 to 30 percent of the environmental impact of meat consumption in the United States. That equates to roughly 64 million tons of carbon dioxide per year.
pMRO TIL the leaders of a 1977 miners strike in Communist Romania were given 5 minute chest x-rays after the strike was over to ensure they would develop cancer.
kOAAd TIL The siren squelch at the beginning of the Emergency Broadcast System is actually a digital code that specifies who issued the alert, the type of threat, where it is affecting, and how long it is in place.