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TIL that Carpenter Ants bite

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Lk6gQ TIL Some multilingual dyslexics are only dyslexic in one of their languages, and not the other(s).
VMd9Z TIL the English horn is not english at all. Its name comes from a mistranslation "cor angle", which means "angled horn" in French, heard instead as "cor anglais."
gMxN8 TIL that caffeine in coffee beans is thought to serve as a toxic substance protecting the seeds of the plant, a form of plant defense, against herbivores. Its production has evolved independently to caffeine found in cacao and tea.
6AM8 TIL a “factoid” is different than a “fact” - a factoid is a piece of information that is unsupported, completely out of context, or simply untrue but presented as a fact anyway
b9649 TIL of Fried Coca-Cola, created by Abel Gonzales Jr. and introduced at the 2006 Texas State Fair. Served with whipped cream, cinnamon sugar, and a cherry, it sold 10,000 cups in it's first two weeks. Gonzales is also responsible for the creation of Fried Butter, as well as Fried Beer.