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TIL Canada geese eggs are "aborted" by coating the eggs with corn oil for population control. Simply removing or destroying the eggs will just result in the geese laying more eggs

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Od7a TIL that in the old days (before 1960s or so) moviegoers would show up partway through a movie, watch it to the end, and then stay to watch the beginning, hence the phrase “This is where we came in…”
wGJ TIL Mike Rowe (dirty jobs) was on QVC in the 90’s and got fired 3 times for making fun of products and callers.
OYgL TIL that the Trix rabbit has actually eaten the cereal twice: in 1976 and 1980.
xNak TIL that for 15 euros, you can use a zipline to travel from Spain to Portugal.
XgYR TIL that the Earth’s oceans absorb 25% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) that is released into the atmosphere every year. However, because of the increasing amounts of CO2 into the world’s atmosphere, the world’s oceans are slowly turning acidic.