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TIL It's a myth rats/mice absolutely love cheese, they prefer sweet foods

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OGb6e TIL that in 1927, Lindbergh flew 3,600 miles solo across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis with no radio, no lights, no parachute, not even a windshield. Just a periscope, a map, a wicker chair, and 33.5 sleepless hours in a cockpit that looked more like a steam engine than a plane.
MaPm TIL the FDA approved a medication that prevent HIV/AIDS in 2012… that has a 92% success rate.
Lk44d TIL Project X was going to have a sequel called Project XX, with Warner Bros. even announcing Project XX's release date (Aug 19, 2016). However, Warner Brothers never released further details and instead quietly skipped the release date.
grx1X TIL that "forest" derives from the Latin "foris". It originally referred to "outside woods" - woods beyond the walls of a park or settlement.
rR1l0 TIL of the "Tree That Owns Itself" - A white oak tree in Athens, Georgia, that has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet (2.4 m) of its base