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TIL South Africa flies lions around the country with the intent of increasing genetic diversity and reducing population sub-division across lion populations.

Studies conducted in the 1970s have shown ‘alpha’ pigs temporarily lose their place in social hierarchies when they get too drunk.

A whole house covered in neon yellow spray paint ... for some reason.

This is a machining process called hobbing. It is for gear cutting, cutting splines, and cutting sprockets on a hobbing machine. ⚙️ Find more at https://t.co/apvIh9Fp8C 🎥 noplacelikeg28/ Instagram #engineering https://t.co/uCJlXqeTKU

When World War I broke out, President Wilson proclaimed that the United States would stay neutral, and many Americans supported this policy. However, public opinion changed after the sinking of the Lusitania. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1917, the United States entered World War I. To read more about World War I, visit the link in our bio.

The 'CoroNaspresso' test kit is easy to produce in millions and gives users at-home results. ☕ #engineering https://t.co/IJuESoV2UF

The small UAV was launched out of the open internal weapons bay mid-air as part of a training exercise. 🧐 #engineering https://t.co/4PkISs8wqc

A new study shows that early humans were hypercarnivores with diets consisting of the meat they hunted. 🤔 #engineering https://t.co/7XQHIU75I2

An ex-Post Rock Water District employee allegedly halted a water cleaning process from home. 💻💧 #engineering https://t.co/tAZRVUZsNV

We all know how THAT ended!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #DiplyFacts #DidYouKnow #TrueFacts #ThatsAFact #FactOfTheDay #TrueStory

TIL that purple is a "non-spectral color", which means that it exists only in our minds: there is no wavelength of light that corresponds to it. Our brain perceives purple when it sees a mixture of strong red and strong blue light, without any green.

TIL that Mahatma Ghandi wrote two letters to Hitler, in which he asked him to stop the war cause it would have caused many victims. Neither of the letters he wrote were allowed to be sent by the colonial government.

Omelette du fromage.

The different colors of the honey I harvested this year: spring, summer and fall.

Today I learned about the Driftless Area; a rugged area of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and a minor part of Illinois that was completely missed by glaciers. It is roughly the size of West Virginia, and is home to huge bluffs, deep canyons, and rare species of plants found no where else.