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TIL That Termites Can Produce Hydrogen

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aJKb TIL that on a trip to Sierra Leone in 2009, Salma Hayek spontaneously breast fed a local infant
5VlwD TIL Platypuses are biofluorescent with a research study in 2020 finding that they glow bluish-green when exposed to a black light.
4XaYa TIL a village in far east India where around 50000 Amur falcons were hunted every roosting season till 2012 has now become 'Falcon Capital of the World' and migrating population has quadrupled from 2012 level.
6E0El TIL about the 1998 AFF match, in which neither Thailand nor Indonesia wanted to win as the winner would have to face Vietnam. Indonesia scored an own goal to face Singapore, the 'easier opposition'. Thailand lost to Vietnam, Indonesia lost to Singapore, and Singapore went on to win the tournament.
VM1l8 TIL The Western Fence Lizard's blood kills Lyme disease in Ticks that feed on them. The lizard is credited for the relatively low incidents of Lyme disease in the Western United States.