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TIL That starving male humans can sense the Earths geomagnetic field when under blue light and with a previous food association. The mechanism is unknown but thought to be entangled radical pairs in the eye.

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vPeOr TIL Swiss Cow Fighting in Valais features Herens cows in dominance battles. Unlike bullfighting with human-bull clashes, this is cow vs. cow, with blunted horns for pushing contests. Elimination occurs if a cow backs down or refuses to fight, aiming for one standing winner after 40 minutes.
XEd0P TIL of baby boxes - heated boxes in south Seoul for parents to anonymously leave their abandoned new-born children inside. Most who abandon their babies are mothers who are unwed or victims of sexual violence. These baby boxes have saved thousands of abandoned babies since 2009.
9KjB TIL France is the only country in Europe to be completely self-sufficient in basic food production.
x4P7 TIL Raccoons are smarter than cats and dogs, and have approximately the same mental attributes as monkeys.
wLEpP TIL in the 1820s a Cherokee named Sequoyah, impressed by European written languages, invented a writing system with 85 characters that was considered superior to the English alphabet. The Cherokee syllabary could be learned in a few weeks and by 1825 the majority of Cherokees could read and write.