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TIL that the Disney movie “Moana” had to change its title in Italy to “Oceania” because of a famous pornstar with the same name

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lo44V TIL that tsetse flies, which carry the parasite responsible for African Sleeping Sickness, give live birth and lactate to provide milk for their young.
QJn6p TIL During the first SARS epidemic in 2002-2004, to help revive the economy Toronto hosted a concert called SARSstock which was attended by 500,000 people and headlined by The Rolling Stones , AC/DC, Justin Timberlake, Rush and others. It is the largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history
6EXn8 TIL there is a group working on creating glow in the dark trees. They are working on splicing bioluminescent genes from Jellyfish/Mushrooms/etc. into trees which they could then breed for greater and greater brightness. The goal would be trees that could one day replace streetlights.
oBdgA TIL scientists determine a blue whale's age by counting the layers of it's earwax.
oRmkA TIL that the New Caledonia pine (Araucaria columnaris) leans towards the equator wherever it is on Earth, except in New Caledonia, the region where it is endemic : the farther it is from the equator, the more it tilts.