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TIL that NASA lost the Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft due to the lack of conversion of some data to metric system.

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PLBL TIL chimpanzees deliberately seek out and eat fire ants, presumably to enjoy their venom in the same way we enjoy spicy food
4XnQw TIL that even in a worst-case scenario, Rubix cubes are no more than 20 moves from being solved
nWmj7 TIL that Eiji Aonuma, deputy general manager at Nintendo and former project manager for The Legend of Zelda games, is in a brass band called The Wind Wakers
yLMv TIL Dubai is building the world’s first indoor city which will be 48 million sq ft (4.5 million sq m)
dvlj TIL The Diplomatic Immunity guy in Lethal Weapon 2 couldn’t have DI. He’d have Consular Immunity, making him subject to search, arrest, detainment and prosecution. DI is limited to embassy workers, and embassies can only exist in a host country’s capital city. Only a consulate can exist in LA.