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TIL Fracking caused a >10000% increase in Oklahoma earthquakes

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a5Vy TIL Braille was based on a tactile military code called night writing, developed in response to Napoleon’s demand for a means for soldiers to communicate silently at night and without a light source. It proved to be too difficult for soldiers to recognize by touch, and was rejected by the military
loRp1 TIL Bees use complicated dance motion to tell other bees where (location, distance & orientation) to find resources
rRnvw TIL a good portion of the worlds web traffic encryption is controlled by lava lamps.
nnEB TIL that fungi are the only organism known to cause mass extinction– and that they’ve already begun to eradicate frogs, fishes, bees, and most ominously, bats– a mammal. Valley Fever, now spreading unchecked throughout the American southwest, is a fungal infection….
p8bKO TIL Mel Brooks didn't tell Frankie Laine that "Blazing Saddles" was a Comedy which is why the song in the opening is sung so earnestly