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BrjGb TIL that rats live pretty much everywhere in the world (in habitable land) except in Alberta, Canada.
wLo7W TIL that the ADE 651; an inert rod of metal with a plastic hinge, was sold as a bomb detector. It was used by the militaries of Iraq, Afghanistan and more than a dozen other countries for years before anyone noticed that it did nothing at all.
M7rVb TIL Mountain lions, pumas, panthers, and cougars are all the same animal - the Puma Concolor
OGPYg TIL insecticide laced cotton balls are placed in the wild for mice to collect for nests to control tick populations.
Nn8b TIL the last Australian Aboriginal nomads first made contact with white people in 1984. That year they came out of the desert and continue to live in modern society. One of them is quoted as saying ‘I wouldn’t go back.’