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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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OnJ1 TIL of the only lynching in Canada’s history, when, in 1884, an American mob crossed the border in order to hang a Native American teenager wrongly accused of murder.
xZO7 TIL that there is not much science backing the idea that salt is bad for you.
xV401 TIL Yellapragada Subbarow who discovered ATP, methotrexate and tetracycline couldn't graduate medical school as he refused to wear British surgical gowns in favour of Khadi ones supporting the Indian independence movement.
9jDr TIL there is a sport called ‘kiiking’ , popular in Estonia, where people swing on swings all the way, a full 360 degrees
gM9GX TIL that the phenomenon of "Rickrolling" became so popular that that on 1 April 2008, YouTube pranked its users by making every single featured video on its front page a rickroll.