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TIL that The aardwolf, a member of the hyena family, feeds mainly on termites and has teeth adapted for eating them, which are not capable of chewing meat.

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grPmX TIL that industrial beehives are built around the concept of "bee space," a specific gap width that bees will avoid plugging with comb or propolis (bee glue)
nWjwB TIL High heels were originally worn by men and became associated with the upper class
mxwMM TIL the woman in the 'woman yelling at the cat' meme was actually arguing with a group of people who were accusing her of making up her husband's abuse, who almost blinded her
GADZ5 TIL a structural flaw was found in Citicorp Center in Manhattan in 1978 ; stealthily repairs were made to it with the crisis becoming public in 1995.
VMPDB TIL that among the horrified audience who watched the television premiere of the apocalyptic nuclear war movie "Threads" on BBC was a kid named Charlie Brooker. He later cited the bleak and plausible future presented by Threads as an influence in creating the dystopian world of Black Mirror.