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TIL Mealworms can eat Styrofoam

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dOrj TIL that the acoustic era (1877 to 1925) gave rise to the expression “put a sock in it”, which commemorates the common practice of placing a sock in the horn of the phonograph to muffle the sound for quieter listening.
dyP9 TIL that the first group of people to fly the Jolly Rodgers (Flags that indicate a Pirates Ship) was the Knights Templar, who first flew the black flags in the 13th century.
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