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TIL: African elephants are being born without tusks due to poaching, according to researchers

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7eML TIL NASA often shows the movie “Armageddon” as part of its management training program and asks its new staff to find as many scientific-inaccuracies as they can (there are at least 168).
neyao TIL about beach theft, or the illegal removal of large quantities of sand from a beach leading to full or partial disappearance of the beach. In 2008 in Jamaica, someone stole approximately 500 truckloads of sand from a beach, effectively making it "disappear".
DQa5j TIL that during the 1980s, the Soviet Union conducted an experiment in which they used geese as guard animals for their missile bases. The geese were found to be better than dogs at detecting intruders because they were less easily distracted.
XEjvE TIL the private railroad car was invented for a tour by Swedish soprano Jenny Lind in the United States
0dEPN TIL that different jurisdictions have different rules on drunk-driving a Zamboni. Driving a Zamboni while drunk in North Dakota may lead to jail time, but in New Jersey a judge has ruled that this would not be a DUI.