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TIL Starship Troopers is the only science fiction novel recommended by three of the five branches of the US military.

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rNy0x TIL an orangutan in Indonesia was seen using a plant paste to heal a large wound on his cheek - this is the first time a creature in the wild has been recorded treating an injury with a medicinal plant
D1dkp TIL the inventor of the Super Soaker & Nerf Gun was a nuclear engineer, Tuskegee University Ph.D. and former NASA scientist.
BgZnk TIL the phrase “bleeding heart liberal” was coined to describe supporters of a federal bill against lynching in 1938
b9pgQ TIL of Black Kite 'Firehawks' which are birds that deliberately spread fires in Australia by carrying burning twigs in their beaks and talons and dropping them in other areas in order to start new fires and drive out insects and small animals so they can feed on them.
LQlOr TIL that Jack Black and Giovanni Ribisi starred in an episode of X-Files together in 1995.