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TIL: The “gum” on the ground at Disney Parks are tracking diodes
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TIL if a snake gets too hot then it may get so confused that it mistakes its tail for prey, and tries to eat itself until it dies.
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TIL that eclipses are of extreme importance to historians, as they are one of the only ways to precisely date many historical events, thus allowing the timing of events around the eclipse to also be determined.
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TIL shipbuilders often place "Sacrificial Anodes", which is metal nodules made of easily-reacting metal like zinc, to "force" the Anodising corrosion to happen on these "throwaway" spots rather than on the main steel hull of the ship
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TIL in 1911 two kids (11 & 7 years) rode horseback alone from NY to SF in 62 days.
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TIL the last Grand Duchess of Russia passed away in 1960 in a small Toronto apartment