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TIL that plants like Yuccas can't reproduce without the help of yucca moths and that yucca moths can't reproduce without yuccas, and this represents one of the most specific pollination mutualisms on the planet.

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v1YMj TIL the loudest undistorted sound possible on earth is 194 decibels. Above that threshold the sound waves become shockwaves.
gGBD TIL Ben Schulz (more infamously known as Leeroy Jenkins) had a written role in the script for the Warcraft movie. Pvt Jenkins was to break rank “with a zealous battlecry” and be immediately cut down by orcs. The part was ultimately cut from the movie.
4XxDo TIL Gooogle's first female engineer explained how she worked 130-hour weeks - by being strategic about when she slept, when she showered, and how often she went to the bathroom. She said that the nap rooms at Gooogle were there because it was safer to stay in the office than walk to your car at 3 am
MevNK TIL: In 1995 Australian costume designer Lizzy Gardiner wore a dress made entirely of genuine, but expired, American Express Gold cards to the 67th Academy Awards.
eRrn TIL a man named Ronald Macdonald robbed a Wendy’s in 2005