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TIL earthworms lay eggs

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7rk4p TIL while bored during his work with the Manhattan Project Richard Feynman would amuse himself by picking the locks of his colleagues confidential file cabinets and placing prank notes, his colleagues believed a spy had infiltrated the project.
BPZx TIL During a 2001 Seattle earthquake, a floral image was drawn in sand by a pendulum. Researchers believed it was formed by the initial 6.8 magnitude tremor & the outer lines were etched during the aftershock. They were going to make a mold of the pattern but a 3-year-old accidentally kicked it over
xEe7 TIL that teeth won’t decay after death because tooth decay bacteria can’t survive in a dead body.
PYwjg TIL that the grizzly bears depicted on the Missouri state seal and state flag have never resided in the state.
b6LoZ TIL An article on The Guardian from 2004 was one of the first to use the word "Podcast" in reference to rise of of "Audioblogging" as the iPod started picking up traction.