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TIL that Android was originally conceived as a camera operating system.

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kO7oB TIL that the electronic song "Scary Monsters and Nice Spirtes" by Skrillex is effective in delaying host attack, blood-feeding, and disrupting the mating process of the yellow fever mosquito.
vP1XL TIL that self-taught inventor/engineer E. Lilian Todd was the first woman to design and build an airplane, only 3 years after the Wright brothers’ first flight. However, she did not pilot the aircraft herself because she was denied a permit.
jNZMn TIL the story of "Canuck the Crow", an infamous bird in Vancouver Canada known for stealing a knife from a crime scene, breaking into a McDonalds, chasing the mail man, and is still being tracked and swooping people to this day.
wLB9E TIL that marbles and other glass shaped through the technique of glass blowing are heated in a furnace known as the "glory hole". The term predates the more modern colloquial use of the phrase. It's use goes back as far as 1825!
9orG TIL Giant tarantulas keep tiny frogs as pets because Insects try to eat the tarantulas eggs, so the frog eats the insects while the tarantula protects the frog from predators.