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TIL that Photorhabdus is a strain of bacteria that lives inside nematodes. It works in symbiosis to kill host insects that nematodes target within 48 hours then produce antibiotics to disinfect the carcass.

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788gM TIL that Voyager 1, the furthest man-made object from Earth, has begun sending incomprehensible data regarding its position, despite working fine otherwise. The fault is believed to be in the systems controlling attitude and articulation, even as the craft keeps it's antenna directed at Earth.
gMX4y TIL during the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya an ex SAS member and former Irish soldier joined forces to rescue victims of the shooting, organised police to attempt a counter attack and evaded gunfire while rescuing people still trapped in the mall
KOGNG TIL the increasing speed of the remaining aliens in Space Invaders after you shoot them, was done by accident. Destroying an alien freed up memory space, thus being less of a burdon on the system.
rRGx1 TIL that Farsi (Persian) is a completely gender neutral language with no distinction between he and she او.
VNZ8 TIL Core members of the studio that animated the movie The Last Unicorn went on to form Studio Ghibli