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TIL about 'Blue Peacocks,' where the British military tried to deter Soviet aggression using a nuclear landmine and almost used chickens to detonate it.

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kOrdd TIL that the appendix is not useless. Based on known facts, researchers asserted in 2007 that it stores beneficial bacteria to repopulate the body should it be purged of that bacteria by illness. An experiment then showed the disease C-diff to reoccur 4x more often in those without an appendix.
0OGy TIL Eliminated contestants in the show Hell’s Kitchen are taken in for a psychiatric evaluation immediately afterwards
AD9x TIL that the just one Cheetah stride can cover 20+ ft!
6EGZ8 TIL about ‘White Nose Syndrome’, a disease that causes a white fungus to appear on the noses of north American bats, eventually leading to their deaths. 5.7 million bats have died since it’s discovery in 2006.
69Pn8 Til that Thailand bans the sale of alcohol on election days.