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TIL: The Thinnest state in America this year is fatter then the fattest state was in 1995.

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VM6l0 TIL that “murder hornets” have touched down in WA and the U.S is desperately trying to eradicate them before they spread. Murder hornets are highly invasive, 2 inches long and will kill you if you’re stung a few times. It can also put you in cardiac arrest. This is what May has to offer.
KYr9J TIL Emperor Nero added events such as poetry, singing, acting and playing the lyre into the Olympics in 67 AD and declared himself the winner in all of them. He also 'claimed' victory in four-horse chariot race despite entering with ten horses and getting injured when he was thrown from his chariot.
Onk6 TIL that despite drawing over 11 million visitors, the 1982 World’s Fair (made famous for it’s Sunsphere and by The Simpsons) only made a profit of $57
5YOmP TIL about a UN weapons inspector (David Kelly) who after declaring that Saddam Hussein had no WMDs (contradicting Britain's motive for involvement in the war) was found dead of an apparent suicide just 2 days later. His postmortem examination was then made classified for 70 years.
E1BVW It’s not enough to be a mammal who lays eggs, sports a duck-like bill and webbed feet, hunts using electroreception, and wields venomous spurs. The platypus also glows green under ultraviolet light.