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TIL Heaviest Animals to Wander the Earth

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7rbpO TIL about the quokka, a marsupial in Australia that has become so accustomed to humans visiting that it is known to take selfies with them
woj6W TIL bee suits are customarily white because by wearing white, a beekeeper can approach and open the hive without the bees becoming defensive and attacking as bees dislike dark coloured animals.
W5M8 TIL Canada has been sued more times through free-trade provisions than any other developed country, mainly by the US and Mexico for implementing environmental legislation.
GYyN5 TIL that a peace flame has been burning in Hiroshima since it was lit in 1964, and will remain lit until all nuclear bombs on the planet are destroyed and the planet is free from the threat of nuclear annihilation.
GY94G TIL the name of the metal cobalt comes from the kobold, a troublesome Germanic spirit that miners blamed for making cobalt ores poisonous.