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9pkr TIL reading in the dark doesn’t hurt your eyes
69PK8 TIL Soil solarization is a small scale means of pest control. Covering the ground with a transparent sheet of polyethylene can heat soil to 35-60 C (95-140 F), which kills pathogens upto 30 cm deep in the soil and can promote healthy microbe growth.
BrNey TIL MI6 once hacked into an al-Qaeda and replaced their instructions for making bombs with a cupcake recipe
dDWm9 TIL the vultures in the everglades are attracted to the rubber on cars and so the park offers tarps and bungees to anyone visiting as a means of protection.
M7Xw7 TIL about Lauri Törni, who served in the Finnish Army, Waffen SS, and US Army. He is the only member of the Waffen-SS buried in Arlington National Cemetery.