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TIL a new program has started using UAV’s to combat elephant and rhino poaching in Africa. Small, battery-powered UAV’s are much more mobile than park rangers, and virtually silent, making them ideal for spotting poachers who think they’re alone in the bush.

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yBOv TIL that in 2011, 22 fake Apple stores were uncovered in just one Chinese city.
XEn06 TIL in 2014, rollercoaster thrill-seekers were showered in blood after the ride decapitated a deer which ran onto the tracks. The Ultimate, the 2nd longest in the world at 7,442 ft / 1.4 miles, mostly hugs the hilly land at ground level, this was the second deer death (Yorkshire, England)
9YgWX TIL How William Shakespeare’s name is spelled is unknown, even to himself. His contemporaries spelled it more than 80 different ways, including “Shappere” and “Shaxberd”. It turns out, he never used “William Shakespeare” once
69EQJ TIL Carthage in Phoenician means "New City". Cartagena (Spain) in Latin means "New Carthage". Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) was named 'de Indias' as it was named after Cartagena (Spain)—it can be interpreted as "New Cartagena". Therefore the city can basically be read as "New New New City"
yQ6we TIL of Dr. Story Musgrave, a NASA astronaut who made history on STS-80 by not getting into his seat before re-entry. He instead stood up on the flight deck "surfing" the Space Shuttle while it decelerated from 17,000mph to 0mph. He is the only person to have seen re-entry plasma with his bare eyes.