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TIL guard geese have been used in place of guard dogs because they have excellent eyesight, are "watchful and inquisitive", and have with strong territorial instincts.

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6EwkX TIL: When the dinosaurs were alive there were erupting volcanoes on the moon.
PvaV TIL the famous opening phrase “It was a dark and stormy night;…” was first used in the 1830 novel Paul Clifford by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
jN0jR TIL the fastest-advancing solar technology as of 2016 was the Perovskite solar cell. This type of solar cell, made of a hybrid organic-inorganic lead or tin halide-based material, has the potential to achieve higher efficiency and lower cost than any solar cell currently commercially available.
1Ybd TIL that in 1982, Joe Strummer (frontman of The Clash) was pressured by his manager to go into hiding in Texas as a publicity stunt for the band’s upcoming tour. Strummer instead decided to genuinely disappear to France for months, where he “dicked around” and ran the Paris Marathon.
DQGOe TIL of Henry J. F. Miller, an American major general in the European theater during WWII who was demoted to lieutenant colonel and sent back to the United States after he leaked the date of the D-Day invasion