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TIL that ghost peppers are used in India as a repellant to ward off elephants, preventing them from eating and destroying crops

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VMX0m TIL: Golf Balls Irradiated with Gamma Rays performed better than their non irradiated counterparts due to forced molecular cross linking. Spalding even has a patent on the technology!
AWwo TIL that a soviet scientist killed his friend with an axe after losing in a game of chess in an Antarctic base. After this incident, Soviet authorities banned chess at their Antarctic bases.
jplR TIL that an American family tried to live a year without Chinese made goods in which they found it almost impossible. They wrote a book on it.
MaGa TIL, to cheer up George Lucas while filming the trash compactor scene, Mark Hamill would grab pieces of trash and sing, to the tune of “Chattanooga Choo Choo:” “Pardon me, George, could this be Dianoga poo-poo?” This did not cheer Lucas up.
7OZX TIL that a Formula One driver was killed when a bird flew into his face.