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TIL The chemical in catnip and silver vine, iridoid nepetalactol, that turns cats on is actually a mosquito repellent. Cats have evolved an endophin response to plants with this chemical to protect themselves from bites on the face. They aren't just having fun.
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TIL that Astrud Gilberto made just $120 for singing The Girl from Ipanema, which was the standard studio musician rate at the time. This was because Stan Getz personally intervened to ensure she got nothing.
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TIL: Australia has the world's largest herd of wild camels. the population is estimated to be about 3 million, spread across 37% of the Australian mainland.
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TIL many archaeologists claim water erosion, head recarving and older megalithic sites prove that the Great Sphinx is thousands of years older than current estimates. When confronted with evidence and asked to respond, the minister of Egyptology refuted the claims, saying "I don't believe in radar".
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TIL that the US military's use of Native Americans as "code talkers" began during World War I, used more than the Navajo language, and wasn't declassified until 1968 because their codes had remained unbroken.