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TIL over 1000 toads exploded in Hamburg as a result of crows pecking out their livers: terrified toads puffed up to scare away their attackers but with a hole in their bellies & no liver, they swelled up to ~4x their normal size, their lungs burst and the rest of the organs shot straight out of them

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VMk5m TIL Phantom traffic jams (queues of traffic not caused by vehicle collisions or roadworks) are the result of a single driver braking suddenly, causing each successive car to break to a greater degree, creating a wave of stopped or slowed traffic.
LQYnQ TIL that Tiberius Claudius Britannicus was originally born with the surname Germanicus, a name given to his family in honor of his grandfather's victories against the Germanic tribes. His name was later changed to Britannicus to commemorate his father Claudius’ conquest of Britain.
XE968 TIL Tennessee furnished more soldiers for the Union Army than the rest of the Confederacy combined and more soldiers for the Confederate Army than any other state besides Virginia.
DKLv TIL Dr. Dre made almost $20 per second in 2014
kLe5 TIL that because the concrete of the Hoover Dam was poured into individual, rectangular shaped sections–rather than with a single, continuous pour–the physical dam itself will survive up to 10,000 years and be one of the last remaining visible and recognizable monuments of humans on the planet.