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TIL Lobsters will become cannibalistic when in captivity and the rubber bands around their claws are there to keep them from eating each other

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oyGY TIL There was an armed interceptor version of the SR-71 called the YF-12. It was the largest manned interceptor ever made, and held several world records for speed and altitude. It was cancelled after the secretary of defense held funding so it could be spent in the Vietnam war.
QJv8k TIL The oldest human construction are some Australian Aboriginal Fish Traps (40,000 years old)
xpK0 TIL that melittin, a toxin found in bee venom, physically destroys the HIV virus while leaving body cells unharmed.
Br6kK TIL of the Okapi, a cousin of the giraffe, with stripes like a zebra on its hind legs and scent glands on the bottom of its feet to track other neighboring okapi.
eN5L TIL that “The Simpsons Guy”, a 2014 crossover between The Simpsons and Family Guy, was described by one critic as a “blight on humanity itself”