Post * JYnpV — Curious Curator

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TIL bumblebees have parasitic "doppelgangers" called cuckoo bumblebees that resemble a specific race enough to be able to sneak into their nest, kill the queen, and trick all the workers into feeding their offspring and ultimately taking over the whole nest before moving onto their next target.

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jNE5p TIL that the TV show Mr Robot has a team of hackers and cyber security experts who make sure that the hacking shown on the show is accurate. Hacking scenes are also performed by members of the technical team in real life, then recorded and rebuilt using Flash animation.

xQjb TIL that Neanderthals’ voices were actually high-pitched and nasal, not deep and baritone like many assume.

YAod TIL that GM and Ford each pay their CEOs about as much as the total combined salaries of Toyota’s entire executive team.

kOPO7 TIL of the largest fire in American history, the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin. It was on the exact same day as the great Chicago fire so it was largely forgotten. There were 2,000 casualties.

XEWV8 TIL that Steve Irwin and his father discovered a species of turtles that can breathe through their cloaca in 1990. It's named after them: Irwin's turtle.