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TIL Littering can result in imprisonment of up to six years in Tennessee

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WNK9 [TIL] When under stress, E. coli bacteria switch to more error-prone DNA management in order to increase the chance of receiving a mutation adaptive to the stress
E1Apw TIL that US and British colonization of remote islands was driven by demand for bird poop used as fertilizer and in manufacture of gun powder.
JY7j TIL ants don’t take fall damage
R58Aw TIL that humans have been creating cave paintings for at least 45,500 years
Bgdny TIL the Weird Al song “Bob” is written entirely in palindromes (including the title). It was written in 2002 (a palindrome) and the nonsensical lyrics inspired him to make it a Bob Dylan parody.