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TIL Domestic geese do a perfect job of weeding mint fields. They hate mint, but love the plants that compete with it.

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KOYgB TIL that biltong is a dried, cured meat product similar to jerky that is popular in South Africa which utilizes vinegar as an antimicrobial agent
nWWEW TIL about the Biological Resource Center in Arizona, that was raided by the FBI in 2014, where agents discovered bodies (which had been donated to "science") "cut up with chainsaws," "a woman's head sewn on a man's torso," and more, being sold for profit. The owner got probation. Agents got therapy.
yQgaV TIL that the louder a male’s howler monkey’s roar, the smaller his reproductive organs. His testicles, to be specific—according to researchers at Cambridge University.
vYLL TIL the U.S. ranks 50th in erection length.
dDxB TIL A researcher has hacked pacemakers and can kill you from his laptop within a 30 ft radius