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TIL meth was key to Nazi military strategy, between April - June 1940, the German army received 35,000,000 tablets of meth

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DQYGp TIL about Colobopsis explodens, the "suicidal attack ants" found in Southeast Asia. Their rare combat mechanism involves workers exploding in self-defense, smothering enemies with toxic "yellow goo."
WkRQo TIL that there are legless lizards. They look and move like snakes, but have distinct features that make it a lizard.
lo9YG TIL in In June 1836, a group of boys in Arthur’s Seat, Scotland found 17 miniature coffins with tiny dolls inside in a cave. Their origin is still debated but theories include witchcraft, burial superstitions and them being a tribute to the 17 victims of the notorious "body snatcher" serial killers.
LQkmp TIL the word Homosexual was not added to the Bible until 1946
VBL0m TIL that after data reviews, "no evidence [was found] that placebo interventions in general have large clinical effects"