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TIL a group is injecting wild rhino horns with a pink dye that is harmless to rhinos but causes vomiting and diarrhea in humans. The goal is to poison illegal rhino horn consumers in order to decrease poaching.

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NXZPb TIL of the 1978 discovery of 533 reels of nitrate film beneath the permafrost of a decommissioned swimming pool in Alaska
Nxv8 TIL just before the Holocaust, Hitler offered 32 countries including the United States, Britain and Canada to take in Jews and let them leave peacefully “for all I [Hitler] care, even on luxury ships.” They all refused, leading to Hitler’s ‘Final Solution.’
epA0L TIL the world's fastest accelerating car needs just 12.3 metres to reach 100 km/h (62 mph)
MPgW TIL that a woman believed “crunch berries” in Cap'n crunch were actual fruit for years, and attempted to sue Pepsico when she found out they weren’t. The judge dismissed it as “common sense” knowledge.
QPke TIL that double stuf Oreos only contain 1.86 the creme of a regular oreo, not double