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TIL that in 2009, snipers were deployed in Australia to protect a colony of little penguins from predators.

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XEbOE TIL that my favorite time of day actually has a name and begins when the geometric center of the sun is 6° below the horizon and lasts until the sunrise.
YpV6v TIL that dragonfly-like Meganeuropsis permiana which flew around 300 million years ago was 1.5 feet long with a wingspan of 2.5 feet. The biggest insect that has ever existed. If we cloned one today, it would probably suffocate because it needed the 30% Oxygen atmosphere present then (20% now).
xjD7 TIL : In 2012, Israel ranked as the 2nd most educated country in the world (Canada was 1st).
e4JE TIL “Suicide is Painless” is the M.A.S.H theme song, with words, written by the movie director’s 14 year old son, and that he has earned more than 1 million dollars while his dad only made 70K total.
jVKa TIL Miss Teen Delaware lost her title after appearing in a commercial porn.