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TIL Wilhelm Neubronner used pigeons to deliver medications from his pharmacy, when neighbouring villages received their own pharmacies his son patented the invention of aerial photography by attaching camera to the pigeons.

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VM750 TIL that since psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) is a known molecule, it cannot be patented. BUT the way it’s made and used can be. Already organizations and companies are applying for and getting patents for their synthesis process.
X0vOj TIL The most common cause of violent death in almost all countries is road traffic crashes
A5en TIL that when the CEO of the Sesame Street Workshop was asked if Bert and Ernie are gay, he replied, “They are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”
DZWe TIL there’s a ship that’s designed to turn its bow up into the air, while the rest of the ship submerges, turning it into a buoy.
gBGL TIL African buffalo herds display “voting behavior” to indicate their travel preferences by standing up, staring in one direction and then lying back down. Only adult females vote.