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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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APYl TIL that recently scientists have been trying to translate dolphin whistles into English but they have only translated one word, Sargassum
6EN7m TIL, Chernobyl wildlife flourished after the disaster, implying humans are more detrimental than severe radiation.
Ooyeg TIL about Pierre Andre Latreille, a French entomologist who was meant to be executed during the French revolution, but was released after discovering a rare beetle species (Necrobia ruficollis) in his prison cell.
6EWmm TIL that Twinkies switched from their original banana cream filling to their now standard vanilla cream filling due to the rationing of bananas during WW2.
QJEM9 TIL that after accounting for calories burned when pedalling, a person riding a bicycle has an equivalent energy use of 732 mpg. For comparison, electric cars only have around 100 mpg equivalent.