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TIL Using iTunes to build nuclear weapons is against their terms of service.

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VMmpQ TIL in an effort to keep birds of prey away from airports, French scientists discovered that raptors were repelled by an LED screen featuring a "googly eyes" image that appears to enlarge. Screens at an airport with over 8,000 bird sightings successfully reduced raptor visits during a 5 week trial.
R88j TIL that cattle farmers feed their cows magnets to prevent metal objects that they eat while grazing from tearing up their intestines.
logW7 TIL Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire is a direct descendant of Pocahontas
oKWo TIL Elephants rape and kill rhinos. There have been at least 63 confirmed instances in Pilanesberg Park alone.
LkVjV TIL The briefcase in Pulp Fiction originally contained diamonds but that was deemed too predictable so it was decided that the contents were never to be seen. This way each audience member would fill in the blank with their own contents.