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TIL that honey badgers and driver ants are apex predators.

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awjpZ TIL of catastrophism, a 19th century geological school of thought which saw the large fossil record as evidence proving the existence of a world previous to ours, destroyed by sudden natural catastrophes such as great floods and the rapid formation of major mountain chains.
NWQN TIL American founding father Benjamin Franklin thought the bald eagle was lazy and cowardly, and preferred other animals such as the turkey and rattlesnake to represent the United States of America.
BgMjr TIL that the 1986 hit song Kyrie which has the lyrics that everyone misquotes as "Carry a laser" is actually the words kyrie eleison which is Greek for “Lord have mercy”, and the song is basically one big prayer.
r0VM TIL that the Los Zetas cartel was formed by a group of commando’s who defected from the Mexican army in the late 1990s. It is considered by the U.S. government to be the “most technologically advanced, sophisticated, and dangerous cartel operating in Mexico.”
0dYmM TIL Wham-O filed a lawsuit over a scene in "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star" in which David Spade uses a Slip 'N Slide without water, later coats it with oil, and crashes into a fence. Wham-O sought the scene's removal or the addition of a disclaimer, claiming the scene violated safety guidelines.