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TIL that LED light bulbs don’t burn out; they just dim over time

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rNKme TIL that grandma killer whales increase the survival of the pack by letting their daughters mate while taking care of their grandoffspring
WMrN TIL: Female black bears delay the implantation of their fertilized eggs for months, effectively timing when they will give birth, and aborting the pregnancy if they are not healthy enough to rear cubs
9y4X TIL China has been producing fake chicken eggs since the 90s. The production cost is less than half of a real egg. They are made from a mixture of resin, starch, coagulant and pigments, while algae gives them proper viscosity. The shell is made from paraffin wax, gypsum powder, and calcium carbonate
OGY1g TIL that in 1940 the SS newspaper Das schwarze Korps attacked Jerry Siegel, creator of Superman, after they got a copy of the comic showing how Superman would end the war
8avY8 TIL in 2015, Forbes named entrepreneur/CEO Elizabeth Holmes the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world. Then in 2016, allegations of fraud collapsed her company's valuation, rendering her stock worthless and reducing her net worth to zero.