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TIL there is a bright pink millipede that is able to ‘shoot’ cyanide.

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VMQK4 TIL in Kentucky that five million gallons of the "angel's share" from bourbon evaporates every year, which is also covering the state in a black fungus called "Baudoinia" that feeds off the ethanol vapor released by liquor as it ages.
axd9 TIL a secretary told Steve Jobs she was late for work because her car wouldn’t start – Jobs came back the same afternoon and threw her a set of keys for a brand new Jaguar saying: “Here, don’t be late anymore.”
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