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TIL that pandas in captivity lose interest in mating - so they are shown videos of other pandas having sex to encourage them to mate.

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evbD TIL that in March 2012, scientist and blogger Jonathan Corbett demonstrated the ineffectiveness of full body scanners by publishing a viral video showing how he was able to get a metal box through backscatter x-ray and millimeter wave scanners in two US airports.
xVQ8B TIL that Clash of Clans (the popular mobile game) turns 8 years old today!
rNVV0 TIL Gamma-ray bursts release more energy in 10 seconds than our Sun in its entire life.
Y7Vkx TIL back in 2016, a millionaire announced he would bury his car for afterlife, with intention of creating attention and controversy. he revealed the stunt is about raising awarness to organ donations. "People bury things that are much more valuable then cars and nobody seems to care".
na47 TIL that a blurry image is not always lost. There’s a program called SmartDeblur that can recover some types of blurry images.