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TIL a man died after he accidentally injected himself with cow antibiotics. Poison Control: “there is no antidote”.

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X14E TIL that instead of venom, the Braconid wasp produces an immune-suppressing virus which paves the way for its parasitic larvae. This adaptation is the result of a 100-million year old virus which altered the wasp’s DNA leading to the formation of an organ whose sole purpose is to assemble the virus.
XEJ1k TIL that researchers at the University of Manchester have trained a regal jumping spider named “Kim” to leap on demand for a robotics research in 2018. First time a spider has been successfully trained to jump.
4kpx6 TIL that, in 2022, a man died in a single vehicle car accident when the knife he was using to mix protein powder while driving was propelled into his neck by the force of his deployed air bag.
Me8AK TIL Tom Kenny was laughing so much during the recording of the Spongebob episode 'Sailor Mouth' that they had to record him while he lay on the floor of the sound booth.
NXQaP TIL that the low cost wine brand "Two Buck Chuck" was created by Fred Franzia, who bought the Charles Shaw name from a bankrupt winery for $27k.