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TIL farmers are hacking into their John Deere tractors with firmware that's cracked in Eastern Europe and traded on invite-only, paid online forums

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kJnpW TIL: Tumbleweeds are not indigenous to North America and were likely not around during the wild west.
KWwR TIL that giant anteaters do not produce any stomach acid. Instead, the combined sting venom (formic acid) found in all of the ants it eats is used to digest the prey once it is ground up and swallowed - the ants are digested in their own venom.
5Wxn TIL… Bill Wilson, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, dropped acid after he got sober.
vYdj TIL that Paul Bettany, voice of JARVIS - Tony Stark’s artificial assistant, has never seen the “Iron Man” films.
RDA4 TIL that until the late 19th century shoe pairs were made with no difference between the right and left shoe. They were made with two identical straight “lasts” that would constitute the pair.