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TIL that Farm Animals Get 80 Percent of Antibiotics Sold in the U.S.

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Lk8mm Today I learned that Bill Nye (of Science Guy fame) invented a hydraulic component used on the 747 airliners, and holds three patents for other inventions.
W77jB TIL in every whale's earwax is a record of its lifetime exposure to pollutants.
696RX TIL: in the late 1970's, the Rhodesian army unit the Sealous Scouts used chemical and biological weapons against guerillas, including dispersing cholera and anthrax into village water sources.
P10Bg TIL there is a scientific term for post-nut clarity
woPO1 TIL that squids and octopuses don't have blind spots