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TIL: we only ever see one side of the moon due to synchronous rotation

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Wkm4X TIL In Japanese tradition, rabbits live on the Moon where they make mochi, the popular snack of mashed sticky rice. This comes from interpreting the pattern of dark patches on the moon as a rabbit standing on tiptoes on the left pounding on an usu, a Japanese mortar.
yQZkM TIL that the Hotel Del Coronado in southern CA uses a trained Hawk to keep seagulls from bothering guests who are dining outdoors.
Oog9g TIL Mike Tyson loved keeping pigeons as a kid and the first fight he ever got into was when a thug ripped the head off one of his birds. He said, “The pigeon was the first thing I ever loved in my life. I don’t know why, I feel ridiculous trying to explain it. Pigeons are just so much like people.”
5opr TIL The Japanese created a pot that can stir itself with the inertia from heated foods
JYAx1 TIL that Andrei Chikatilo, who violently murdered 52 people in the Soviet Union from 1978-90, was initially cleared as a suspect in 1984 because his blood type was A while the semen found at the crime scenes was AB. His second arrest revealed his blood and semen belonged to different blood groups.