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TIL Canadians rescue deer trapped on frozen lakes, by blowing them to the shore with helicopter downdraft.

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ODGL TIL Amethyst gains the purple tint partially due to ionizing radiation
E14Wp TIL after the 1980 film Popeye flopped, the set was abandoned, so the locals of Mellieha, Malta reclaimed it as a Popeye theme park.
vWB TIL that emu and red kangaroo are depicted on Australian Coat of Arms, because they cannot move backwards easily. Rather it symbolises nation moving forward.
epaKb TIL Figures in the Sistine Chapel had fig leaves covering them for over 300 years
EReP TIL that North Korea did not return tens of thousands of South Korean POWs after the Korean War in 1953. They and their children were forced to work in coal mines for decades; 79 escaped from 1994 to 2009. Nine hundred US soldiers also may not have been returned.