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TIL flushing cat poop kills sea otters by infecting them with toxoplasmosis

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6EkAQ TIL that in Norse myths in the final battle of Ragnarok, Loki will pilot a ship made of fingernails and toenails of dead men across the flooded surface of the Earth. The ship is carrying the fire giants which will burn the World Tree and bring about the end of all things.
OGQDg TIL During WWII the US Navy would convert two coal powered paddle-wheel steamships into the USS Wolverine and USS Sable, the only freshwater carriers ever created. Used for training on Lake Michigan, over 17,000 Navy pilots were certified on these vessels over the course of the war.
XA76 TIL that because a large number of black males are unable to shave without severe irritation, Domino’s was found in violation of the 1991 Civil Rights Act by requiring all their employees to be cleanly-shaven.
r5Oo TIL there’s a Taco Bell inside the Pentagon
nyVr TIL that the 5 nanometer transistor production process (~ year 2020) is expected to be the end of Moore’s Law