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TIL The Sarlaac pit from Star Wars was based off of a real insect called the ant lion, that traps ants in pits that they’re buried in, grabs them with venomous pincers, and repeatedly slams them into the ground until the die.

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698gY TIL about the Doorway Effect, where the simple act of walking through a doorway (both physical and virtual) can cause us to forget what we were just doing.
EmeP TIL: Elon Musk went to Russia to bargain for some refurbished ICBMs to build rockets for SpaceX, he was subsequently spat on by one of the chief Russian designers and called a novice.
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