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TIL The Fresh Prince probably wouldn’t have been made if the IRS didn’t fine Will Smith $2.8M

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0wgXA TIL Ants manage large-scale infrastructure projects with no coordination at all. Each ant acts alone, solving problems such as removing obstructions as they are encountered. Research points to the simple, evolutionary energy-saving principle of: "If you do not need to communicate, don't!"
D16NY TIL there are species of owls who freeze mice to eat later — when they’re hungry, they just sit on a mouse until it thaws and eats it then
e0M0b TIL: The Ford Thunderbird is named after a legendary creature from Native American mythology. A massive eagle that would eat cows and people.
6EKjm TIL The world's biggest nuclear fusion project, known as ITER, has entered its five-year assembly phase. After this is finished, the facility will be able to start generating the super-hot "plasma" required for fusion power.
aQKo TIL when the space station Skylab fell to Earth in 1979, it landed in Esperance, Western Australia. The Shire of Esperance fined NASA $400 for littering, which went unpaid for 30 years until a radio host raised the money and paid it on behalf of NASA.