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TIL - Nature is so good at evolving critters that aren’t crabs into crab-like things there’s a term for it: Carcinisation

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0BEy TIL the City of Los Angeles uses 96 million plastic balls to cover its water supply to prevent evaporation, saving enough drinking water for 8,100 people per year.
78ORr TIL sodium citrate can be used as an emulsifying stabilizer when making cheese and allows the cheese to melt without becoming greasy by stopping the fats from separating. Melted cheese is often used on nachos and has the chemical formula of Na3C6H5O7.
WlE4 TIL that the cast of the 1979 science fiction horror film ‘Alien’ was never told about the chestburster scene in order to capture the authentic fear of the actors
vEex TIL the amount of bacteria/other filth on a pair of jeans doesn’t increase after about 2 weeks of wear, with the study having the test subject wear the jeans non-stop for 15 months, and still not developing an unhealthy amount of bacteria.
NX5Gb TIL that the Doomsday Vault contains samples of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) and catnip (nepeta cataria) seeds.