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TIL That some militaries have trained eagles to take down drones.

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N7kNM TIL about the existence of Monkey Tail Beards and that there is a world record for largest gathering of people with them on their faces.
gG9W TIL a barcode reader actually reads the white space, not the black
9v9M TIL Before the United States dropped the two atomic bombs on Japan, it showered 35 Japanese cities, including Nagasaki & Hiroshima, with over 5,000,000 leaflets warning Japanese civilians of the impending destruction. (link to leaflet in comments)
X0a6k TIL The Jane's Addiction song "Jane Says", about Jane who had a heroin addiction and hoped to move to Spain after kicking her habit: Jane actually did exist, she did kick her habit, and she did move to Spain. However, she was not a sex worker as the song intimated.
a8MJ9 TIL Henry Ford is the only American mentioned favorably in Mein Kampf. Ford was also awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, the highest medal Nazi Germany bestowed upon foreigners, for his antisemitic writing.