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TIL Caterpillars “Melt” Almost Completely Before Growing Into Butterflies in the Chrysalis

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epPBk TIL about LEGO Braille Bricks. They have been specifically designed for visually impaired children and adults. Each brick includes the braille code for the alphabet in various languages to help children explore new ways to learn
m11YE TIL that Mark Felt, who notoriously provided reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein with critical information about the Watergate scandal under the pseudonym "Deep Throat", was nearly nominated to serve as Acting Director of the FBI after the resignation of L. Patrick Gray in 1973.
epVEJ TIL intercontinental ballistic missiles use celestial navigation to check and correct their course (initially set using internal gyroscopes) while flying outside the Earth's atmosphere.
BbQe TIL that in 1984 a cult spread salmonella on salad bars at restaurants in an Oregon city. They hoped to incapacitate the local population so that their candidates would win local elections. It was the first and single largest bioterrorist attack in US history.
leVB TIL a teacher had sex with a student on her first day of the job. Within hours of starting.