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TIL to fight illegal logging of their land, an indigenous community of 9000 members in Guyana built a drone by watching DIY videos on YouTube, to film the illegal activities and report the footage to Guyanese authorities.

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DWKV TIL that almost every country participates in “Cloud Seeding”, A method of increasing rainfall from a cloud. Most places use aircraft to disperse something advanced like Silver Iodide or Dry Ice, but Russia tried using Cement and accidentally dropped a 25 Kg sack of cement through somebody house.
DQ0GJ TIL that Primm in Fallout New Vegas is a real Nevada town, and there is a Buffalo Bill casino there that has an actual rollercoaster.
rJWW TIL that the Bermuda Triangle’s rate of confirmed mysterious disappearances (per area) is no higher than anywhere else in the world. The whole concept is bogus.
woE81 TIL some moth caterpillars make sounds to avoid being eaten or tasted. They are among animals that advertise or signal to potential predators they are not worth attacking through colours, sounds, odours, or other characteristics that warn about being unpalatable or poisonous
GADdE TIL that banoffee pie was created in 1971 at the Hungry Monk Restaurant in the UK. The chef and owner of the restaurant were trying to replicate a San Francisco recipe for Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie. They added banana to one version of the recipe and it proved very popular with their customers.