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TIL that zookeepers’ pregnancy test for polar bears is to have a specially trained beagle from Cincinnati sniff the bear’s poop.

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d8kVK TIL David Bowie's Heroes was recorded with one microphone 22cm (9 inches) away from him, another one 6m (20 feet) away, and the last one 15m (50 feet) away, so that he'd have to adjust his tone in different parts of the song (in the 6 minute album version, link in comments)
QRL TIL there is a lake that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Y7nAG TIL of Larry Bader, Ohio salesman who went missing out on Lake Erie during a storm in 1957. 5 years later, he was found in Nebraska by relatives during an archery demonstration, with absolutely no recollection as to who he actually was.
ADyDn TIL in 2006 DNA evidence from the saliva on the letters Jack the Ripper sent to the police were identified as female suggesting the killer may have been Mary Pearcey who was later executed for a different murder.
oxnR TIL Chad and Romania have identical flags, as do Indonesia and Monaco