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TIL that coyotes and badgers often hunt together

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REQ4 TIL 19th century zoologists managed to display deep sea creatures in museums by creating incredibly life-like yet fragile glass replicas, often based purely on black and white illustrations. The resulting models were so realistic and well rendered that many are still in use today.
DQYvj TIL Chaka Khan, who just turned 70, sang background on Steve Windwood's 1986 hit "Higher Love"
Wd6o TIL that in 2001 a man created and installed a street sign above a highway after getting lost. The sign was left up for more than 8 years because it matched the other signs so perfectly.
GYVXQ TIL Caesar salad isn't Italian and has nothing to do with Julius Caesar, it was invented in Mexico in 1924 by a man called Caesar Cardini
oNlR TIL that during WWII, the British made vitamin C syrup from rose hips because the German subs were sinking commercial ships carrying citrus fruits.