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TIL Elmer Fudd originally wanted to shoot Bugs Bunny with a camera. He was just trying to take wildlife photos when Bugs drove him insane, nearly drowning him…

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p8d8A TIL that Turkey Vultures have been & sometimes are still used to detect natural gas leaks from pipelines; the odor that gas companies add to gas (so we can detect it since it's odorless) is the same as rotting flesh, which leads the vultures to congregate in the sky in the area of the leak.
9wV8X TIL that Subway spokesman Jared Fogle's charity, which was worth $187,000, got dissolved by the State of Indiana in 2012 for repeatedly failing to pay a $5 charity registration fee
pYPAN TIL The London Bridge, built in the 1830’s, spanning the River Thames, was relocated in 1971 to Lake Havasu City, Arizona where it is still in use.
R5gL7 TIL in just a 24-hour period (March 4-5 1966), two fatal accidents occurred on flights from or to Tokyo Haneda Airport. The second plane, BOAC Flight 911, had in fact taxied past the wreckage of the first, Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402, immediately before taking off.
D1NAp TIL that in 2002 a UK man asked the court if he could settle his minor dirivng fine with a 'trial by combat', the court declined this request.