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TIL the San Diego Zoo has live cams that show their animal enclosures

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VlvG TIL The Japanese Giant Hornet is woven from the fabric of nightmares: It’s the size of your thumb and sprays flesh-melting poison in your eyes that also has a pheromone cocktail in it that’ll call every hornet in the hive to come over and sting you to death
kO10g TIL Nestlé sued the writers of a booklet called “The Baby Killer”, about Nestlé’s aggressive marketing of baby formula in 3rd world countries, for libel. The court ruled in Nestlé’s favor since they wouldn’t have been found guilty of murder “in terms of criminal law" but fined the writers just $400.
wLgkY TIL that the A-10 Warthog, the most common drone in war, uses depleted Uranium as the bullet core, because Uranium has higher density than lead, but also because it sharpens itself as it penetrates something, effectively penetrating tanks and what not with its' 30mm rounds. (See video: ~10:15)
pwDN TIL coffee prevents balding, but you’d have to drink 14 liters of coffee DAILY for it to have any noticeable effect.
GA7Y5 TIL about thick water, which is used to help people with difficulties swallowing stay hydrated