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TIL Ant eggs are eaten and farmed in Southeast Asia. They're used in dishes in various countries and is even sold canned.

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d8NWQ TIL that the Soviet Union's approach to nuclear artillery was that nuclear munitions should be fired by standard guns and howitzers (without modification) in normal artillery units.
rNQd4 TiL The most recent creature discovered on earth is the Blob-Headed Fish, which was found in a 2022 expedition in Peru. The discovery was part of a larger effort where 22 new species were identified.
N77nb TIL... because it takes longer for Venus to rotate on it's axis than it does to rotate around the Sun if you were born on Venus you would turn 1 year old before you turned 1 day old
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v1MyB TIL there is a toxic lake in Butte- MT, which was an old mining site now filled with toxic waters. Scientists have found use of this lake in researching about microbes which thrive in these extreme conditions, helping our fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and diseases like cancer