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TIL the fastest creature proportionate to its body length is a species of mite at 0.5mph. If it were the size of a human it would be the same as travelling at 1,300mph.

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VMAaB TIL that a speices of eastern african baboon and Ethiopian wolf are working together in what appears to be the early signs of domestication. The wolves show a large increase in foraging and food supply amongst the herds of the baboons.
PYPjE TIL that NYE revelers in Times Square are often locked into place for up to twelve hours and cannot move, so many of them wear adult diapers and the kids just go on the street.
wLe67 TIL Pistachios are expensive because the trees take up to 20 years to reach peak production, and are "biennial-bearing", meaning a light harvest every other year. The nuts used to be dyed red to hide stains caused by hand picking, most pistachios are now machine picked and dyeing is unnecessary.
YrjW TIL the earliest known maps are of the stars, not the earth.
ADdJw TIL in 1964 the Rolling Stones wrote and performed a jingle for a Rice Krispies commercial.