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TIL sriracha sauce is named after a city in Thailand.

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EBmx TIL that before a performance in Montreal, Ringo Starr received a telephoned death threat, and during the performance, he had his cymbals positioned vertically as an attempt to provide protection from would-be assassins.
VVkZ TIL that moray eels has a 2nd set of jaws that hides in the throat, but comes forward to grap and transport its prey from their mouth to the stomach, like the creature from the Alien movies
e0yP4 TIL There is a fictional antibiotic called Kalocin from 1969. Also potential new antibiotics called Halocin and Halicin. Last one named after HAL (a space odyssey). Links to real ones in comments
0wWYR TIL Leaf cutter ants learned to farm 50 million years ago, they bring back leaves to feed and grow a fungus that is their food source. They also poop and excrete chemicals around the fungus that protect it against pests.
YpMeW TIL Olympus Mons on Mars, the tallest known mountain in the solar system, is so large at its base that an observer on its peak wouldn’t know he was standing on a mountain because its slope would be obscured by the curvature of the planet itself.