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TIL that the Dutch police have trained eagles to fight criminally driven drones

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neQ6r TIL: Fanagalo is a language derived from Zulu, English, and Afrikaans. It has no native speakers and was developed for use in the mining industry of South Africa.
rLo1 TIL White supremacist and racist Craig Cobb said he would take a genetic test, and receive the results on live television. He was found to be 14% Sub- Saharan African.
X17X TIL Firefighters use water to fight fire becasue it expands to steam and displaces oxygen, not because it cools the fire down
WAko TIL: America created the country of Liberia for newly freed black slaves to be sent to.
oBQ8K TIL: the term Vitamin was coined by Casimir Funk, who discovered specific substances that cause special diseases. He originally called them “Vital Amines”, but once non-amine substances were discovered, he shortened the name and removed the “e” to avoid confusion.