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TIL about Casu Martzu (literally "rotten cheese), a Sardinian cheese filled with living maggots. It is banned in the EU but, somehow, a black market for the product exists.

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YdQr TIL of an evolutionary rock-paper-scissors mechanism. Three variants of the Common Side-Blotched Lizard compete for mates; Orange males are adapted to steal mates from Blue males, who are adapted to steal mates from Yellow males, who in turn are adapted to steal mates from Orange males.
lolQN TIL Douglas Adams worked on Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy while writing for Doctor Who, and later turned a rejected Doctor Who story into the third Hitchhiker’s book.
9Brm TIL that Greek Fire, fire that was almost impossible to put out and generally used to attack ships, was created in the 7th century but its recipe has been lost to history and we still aren’t completely sure what it was made of.
kJ1nm TIL about "job fishing" - setting up fake companies, making up fake employee profiles and hiring people for positions that don't exist. Madbird is an example of the con that tricked dozens into working for a fake design agency
waLo TIL not only did Flint, MI keep quiet about their toxic lead pipes leeching into the water but also the deadly Legionnaires’ disease that quickly spread after putting in different pipes