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TIL of the folk-punk band “This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb”. On three separate occasions, stickers for the band affixed to bicycles resulted in police evacuations and bomb squad responses.

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yK8v TIL that during World War I, the Russian and German armies were repeatedly attacked by starving wolves. It became such a problem that the two armies negotiated a temporary truce and worked together to kill several hundred wolves
VM8yQ TIL James Irwin, the 8th person to walk on the moon, quit NASA to begin expeditions in search of Noah's Ark.
Me4Ma TIL that owls are associated with knowledge in Western tradition because they are the companion animal of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, in Greek mythology. However, the origins of this relationship are largely unknown.
E1DoX TIL that the BEANO T-13, a WWII impact grenade, was designed to emulate the size, weight, and grip of a baseball – allowing young American G.I.’s to throw it with distance and accuracy.
BrrbK TIL airbags were invented in 1952 when an engineer tried to stop his young daughter from smashing into the dashboard during an accident.