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TIL Crablike bodies are so evolutionarily favorable that they’ve evolved at least five different times (carcinization)

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Wkxd9 TIL that the new Mclaren Senna supercar produces more downforce at it's top speed of 211mph than it's own weight. Meaning it can theoretically drive upside down in a straight line provided it can maintain 211mph.
5eNP TIL Alfonso Ribeira, Carlton from the Fresh Prince, suggested that Will Smith use his real name in the show to avoid being known by his character’s name. Years later, Will Smith is known as Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeira is known as Carlton.
4kpLa TIL that in 1950, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, synthesized a highly radioactive element by bombarding curium-242 with alpha particles. They named this new element "Californium" and its discovery was initially kept classified due to its potential military uses.
l7X6a TIL that plastic waste has now formed new types of rocks (plastiglomerates, pyroplastics, and plastistones) in the most remote parts of the planet that will be part of the Anthropocene fossil record as evidence of the influence of humans
kJVW TIL Banana peels are edible (and good for you!)