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TIL That despite marijuana being legal in Colorado, employers have increased drug testing of employees

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gMEQb TIL Primatology pioneer Dian Fossey, determined to save the nearly-extinct Mountain Gorillas waged a war against poachers: she led armed patrols, burned their huts, arrested and placed bounties on poachers and convinced the locals that she practiced black magic, in order to scare them away
pYPb TIL that hugging for 20 seconds releases Oxytocin, which can make someone trust you more.
4Aeo TIL Agent 47’s barcode is a real barcode for a bag to store dildos.
kOoVm TIL that a species of wasp, Ampulex dementor, is named after the Dementor. This name was chosen to reflect the fact that the wasp uses a toxin to neutralise the neural behaviour of cockroaches and make them docile, as if their souls had been sucked out.
p8XY4 TIL that over 2000 tons of unexploded ammunition are found in Germany each year