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TIL that instead of using pesticides, the Mexican state of Coloma releases billions of sterile fruit flies who then outcompete the fertile ones for mates.

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NB48 Til A California judge tossed out a case against a former Navy man caught in a sting orchestrated by the NBC program To catch a predator in part because the show’s producers engage in entrapment.
D1Y0p TIL: A ground temperature of 93.9 °C (201 °F) was recorded in Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, United States on 15 July 1972
LBk0 TIL the movie “Fury” is the first movie since ‘46 that used an original German Tiger I tank. They also used ten original Sherman tanks. Even though it is fiction it is regarded as one of the most realistic WWII movies.
Rv59 TIL that, on average, one Google search consumes the same amount of electricity as powering a 60 watt light bulb for 17 seconds.
O74 TIL that More Black Men are in Prison Today than were Enslaved in 1850