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TIL that when relocating rhinos in South Africa, they're drugged, blindfolded, and have their legs are tied to a helicopter. It was found that blindfolding them decreases stress during the flight. They're flown because it's much quicker and more convenient than relocating them via truck.

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rR9we TIL Michael Jackson's last words were for 'milk', his alleged nickname for propofol, the powerful hospital anaesthetic that he overdosed on. "He was pleading and begging to please please let him have some milk because that was the only thing that would work."
N75x8 TIL that there is a German settlement in the jungles of Peru called Pozuzo that was established in 1859 by around 150 German/Austrian settlers. They were completely cut off from both their Homeland and the rest of Peru for 120 years. They were able to do this by being completely self sufficient.
grBeb TIL in 2016 pop band OK Go recorded a video for their song "Upside Down & Inside Out" in zero gravity aboard a 'reduced gravity aircraft' (AKA vomit comet). The 3-minute video required over 45 minutes of footage shot over 21 different flights.
Jb88 TIL that the Dannebrog, the national flag of Denmark, is the oldest adopted flag still in use by a nation to this date. The flag was adopted in 1219.
OokR1 TIL that Voltaire's play "La Dépositaire" is based on a true story of Ninon de L'Enclos safeguarding a fortune during the French revolution. From Chapter VII of Life Letters and Epicurian Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos 1903. L'Enclos left 1000 francs for the education of Voltaire in her will!