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TIL that when the Malaysian Exploding Ant's head explodes during its suicide attack, it spreads a poisonous, corrosive glue that entangles and immobilizes anything nearby!

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mx9oE TIL that the 1841 Creole Mutiny -- the "most successful slave revolt in U.S. history" -- won the freedom of 128 people when the Creole, a ship carrying slaves from Virginia for sale in New Orleans, was taken over and sent to the Bahamas, straining U.S. relations with Great Britain.
GY964 TIL Not a Single Person Has Been Hurt Or Killed While Under The Witness Protection Program.
woLK1 TIL of the Cantalloc Aqueducts in Peru. Built by the Nazca between 200-900, there are over 30 aqueducts, many of which are still functional and are essential for irrigating local fields
NX6aE TIL that plant bio-electricity can be harvested and transformed into ambient music with devices which measure slight electrical variations in a plant and translate them into musical notes.
l84K TIL that The Lonely Island’s song “Dick In A Box” won an Emmy award for “outstanding original music and lyrics”