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TIL about Time Balls

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Z88pY TIL Researchers tried 2000 times to ignite gasoline with a cigarette; failed 100% of the time.
Ydjx TIL rice can grow in a wide range of environments, but it is typically grown in submerged fields because it can tolerate such conditions while most weeds and pests cannot.
v1p5j TIL: Female wasps will attack almost any other insect to implant their eggs, which hatch into parasitic larva that eventually kill their host. This actually makes them useful as a 'green' method of pest control, being intentionally introduced to decimate the populations of crop-killing pests.
Q6RX TIL the financial firm Cantor Fitzgerald sued American Airlines for negligence for letting 9/11 hijackers board their flights. The attacks led to the deaths of numerous Cantor Fitzgerald employees and the destruction of their World Trade Center office. They settled out of court for $135 million.
wLe81 TIL that it is a tradition in Japan to create rabbits out of snow that is called Yukiusagi, they use berries or red food dye for the eyes and bamboo leaves for the ears