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TIL Humpty Dumpty was originally a cannon, which fell off its wall during a siege in the English Civil War.

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vPYr TIL R.L. Stine, the author of the “Goosebumps” children’s books, also wrote the novelization of the film “Spaceballs”
PYE1w TIL babies open their eyes in the womb at about 28 weeks. After that, twins are likely to touch each others’ faces or hold hands.
4Xa86 TIL that an “Antmill” «is an observed phenomenon in which a group of army ants, which are blind, are separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle. The ants will eventually die of exhaustion.»
VB1w0 TIL - The first automotive recall was for the Ford Model T due to chigger bites. Ford either used Spanish Moss for seat padding or Spanish Moss as stuffing for Cypress wood crates, with the Cypress being used for the dashboard. Both items created a small ecosystem for the chiggers.
yVbDX TIL that humans produce 10^21 digital bits of information annually, and assuming an annual 20% growth rate, in 500 years, digital content will account for more than half Earth’s mass.