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TIL Coyotes are becoming more common in urban areas, with ~2000 in the Chicago area alone.

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loY6N TIL That the most western battle fought in the American Civil War took place at Picacho Pass Arizona (50 miles NW of Tuscon).
m1lmx TIL Dance music reduces mosquitos drive to bite/feed and also reduces their ability to mate. Skrillex’s “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” was tested on the insects which caused females to search for a meal later and interrupted the males and females ability to find each other to mate.
QJeR9 TIL In 1993, Dalton Trumbo was posthumously awarded the Academy Award for writing Roman Holiday (1953). Due to Anti-Communist sentiment the screen credit and award were previously given to Ian McLellan Hunter, who had been a front for Trumbo
1DX4 TIL Solar panels are actually extremely resistant to environmental damage, holding 113 lbs/SQ ft and withstanding 1 inch hail at terminal velocity
kVxd TIL that the soviet cosmonauts celebrated the moon landing in 1969 “with joy and vodka”