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TIL that the term “Derp” was coined by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

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Q6n6 TIL Sony made a digital camera in 1997 that stored images on a 3.5 inch floppy disk
e0pJD TIL Russian Spetsnaz forces used an aerosolized fentanyl derivative to incapacitate Chechen separatists in the Moscow Theatre Hostage Crisis of 2002. About 130 of the 850 total hostages died partly due to the Russian government refusing to tell doctors what the chemical agent was.
ne7BP TIL when poisonous frogs are fed zoo diets they no longer become poisonous. The wide variety of food in the wild supplies them with the chemicals for making poison.
p8KEA TIL there’s evidence that trees communicate via a vast, underground network of fungal connections similar to a brain
nWVMb TIL Steven Spielberg was not present for the shooting of the final scene in Jaws because he thought the film crew was going to throw him in the water once the shoot ended. Since then, it has become a tradition for him to be absent when the final scene of one of his films is being shot.