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TIL that during Pol Pot's regime, average life expectancy in Cambodia in 1977 was 18.91 years.

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awZ5o TIL that Velvet Worms are suggested to locate their prey through smell or air motion. Once located, the Velvet Worm reveals two limbs which act as glue turrets that shoot a slime-rich jet and immobilizes the prey long enough for the Velvet Worm to inject enzymes and begin eating
PYAeg TIL The main set of the 1980 film Popeye, starring Robin Williams, is now one of Malta’s major tourist attractions. A small but quaint coastal village, it has Popeye themed events, shows, and many props from the movie.
AN9B TIL Nathan Fillion in 1998 performed in his first major motion picture, Saving Private Ryan, as the wrong (Minnesota) Ryan.
Wo7N TIL Lance Von Allmen developed an oil containment system that uses chemically treated cellulose to perfectly absorb crude oil in water, and then wring the cellulose to get all of the crude oil back. He died a year after this aired. WHY wasn’t this used to clean up Deepwater Horizon?
6EOWQ TIL that locusts are mutated grasshoppers. When an abundance of food is followed by a drought they are forced to group, causing the insect to mutate in a matter of hours from green to brown, solitary to swarming, and become long distance flyers. Up until 1920 they were considered 2 different species