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TIL some birds search for prey during wildfires and are even in suspicion on propagating them. “Ornithogenic Fire: Raptors as Propagators of Fire in the Australian Savanna”

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xrjb TIL in Greek Mythology, the God ‘Phosphorus’ represented the planet Venus, or the 'Morning Star’, as the Bringer of Light. The Latin translation of Phosphorus is Lucifer.
VMDP8 TIL that WALL-E's name is an acronym. It stands for Waste Allocation Load-Lifter: Earth-class.
W87X TIL there’s a philosophical razor called “Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword,” which states that what cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating. It is said to be “much sharper and more dangerous than Occam’s Razor”
nWXb9 TIL that if you mistype words on your Android keyboard you can simply swipe your finger across the screen from right to left on the backspace key and it will delete entire words at a time rather than individual letters
GAVJ1 TIL: NYC had a red light district during the Revolutionary War known as "Holy Ground" because it was on land owned by Trinity Church