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TIL of the Jevons paradox, which states that increasing efficiency in resource usage causes higher demand - sometimes increasing usage instead of reducing it.

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oBRRA TIL the United States originally planned to build a canal through Nicaragua before taking over the French canal project in Panama
XOPr TIL crows will crush an ant and rub it all over themselves like perfume–the formic acid in the ants helps ward off parasites.
KyOQ TIL of the Little Dodo bird, a smaller relative of the extinct Dodo, which is still alive today, but once again being pushed to the brink of extinction
rR04e TIL the first woman didn't run a mile in under 5 minutes until 1954. Today, most good high school track runners easily run a mile in under 5 minutes.
J1gWQ TIL that due to anti-Chinese sentiment in San Francisco in the late 19th century, Levi's jeans briefly held the slogan "The only kind made by white labor" on its logo.