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TIL that caterpillars don't "morph" into butterflies. Their bodies turn into a protein 'goop' within their chrysalis and rapid DNA-driven cell-division takes care of the rest.

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MeQPB TIL In the "The Last of the Meheecans" episode of South Park, the couple that takes in Butters as an immigrant worker name him "Mantequilla", which means butter in Spanish.
5VW5D TIL “Liquid Death” is just water. It’s. Just. Water.
Rnrl TIL that the value of a human life as determined by the U.S. government is approx. $6 million