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4XaAJ TIL that pineapples were name during after pinecones due to their spiky appearances
AyNB TIL that the sting of the tarantuala hawk wasp is among the most painful of all insects. One researcher described the pain as “…immediate… unrelenting pain that simply shuts down one’s ability to do anything, except scream.”
4kdPR TIL about HSC Francisco, the fastest passenger ship in operation, serving the Buenos Aires - Montevideo route at 67 mph / 107 kph
07A1 TIL HAL Laboratory’s (creators of Kirby and Super Smash Bros.) name was created to put them one step ahead of IBM with each letter
y1O8 TIL of the Havasupai people, a Native American tribe who have lived in the Grand Canyon for over 800 years.