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TIL part of the reason why the destruction of the grassland habitat of the central USA and Canada was so devastating is that some species of grass can live for 50 years and their roots can reach 15 feet (4.5 meters) deep

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9YNKm TIL for years Apple, Intel, Broadcom, Qualcomm, Samsung, Cisco, Sony and other major tech companies colluded to exclude proposals from other companies in IEEE Wifi Workgroup. After the group DensiFi was found out,they dissolved it and faced 0 consequence and proceeded to remove the scandal from Wiki
4PpJ TIL that in 2000 Nestlé chairman and former CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe stated that “access to water should not be a public right.” While that statement was recanted, Nestlé continues to take control of aquifers and bottle their water for profit.
eweg TIL State Troopers in many States have a switch inside their cruiser that disables one of the headlights. This lulls a potential Perp into a false sense of security believing that they are only being followed by a civilian.
5VNwP TIL about Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) who job, among others, is to study and plan the destruction of underground bunkers in adversary nations.
mJko TIL: A POW during the Vietnam War named James Stockdale said to survive in such arduous conditions you must renounce optimism for stoicism. His optimistic fellow captives all died. Having a blindly optimistic view worsens your chances of survival. This is called ‘The Stockdale Paradox’.