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TIL that bear spray can actually attract bears that smell it (but don’t get directly sprayed with it).

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awPyZ TIL A train station in Japan had plans to close but noticed a student was the only one using it. They decided to keep it operational until she graduated!
lxRG TIL in 1350 when bubonic plague struck England, the Scots took the opportunity to invade the country. But instead, the Scottish army caught the disease, was routed by the English and the fleeing army inadvertently spread the plague across Scotland
eWVn TIL Bleeding Gums Murphy (The Simpsons) first appearance is a reference to Sonny Rollins, the great saxophonist, who retired from public and was not seen for 3 years, until a journalist discovered him playing the saxophone alone on Williamsburg Bridge
mjyv TIL that there is a 150-year-old mosque in Iran that, when viewed from the interior at certain hours of the day, produces an intense kaleidoscopic effect due to its unique pattern of tiling and colored glass
omRL TIL that Teflon (PTFE) is the only substance that a gecko cannot climb.