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TIL Cloudflare uses a wall of lava lamps to generate truly random encryption keys for their networks. Every detail about photos of the lava lamps are turned into completely unique and unpredictable strings of characters

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EZ80 TIL that a rare species of Iguana was discovered by John Gibbons, a herpetologist, while watching the 1980 film “The Blue Lagoon”
yaBa TIL - In the six-week lifespan of one single bee, she will only produce a quarter of a teaspoon of honey.
0wDOM TIL In 2019, a bird was discovered which was thought to be a new species. It was actually a seagull covered in curry sauce.
5yyn TIL of the Cleveland Elementary School shooting which took place in 1979 in San Diego, California. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, killed the principal and a custodian, and injured 8 children and a police officer. When asked by a reporter why she did it, she said “I don’t like Mondays.”
VMr74 TIL 20 people were killed at an Italian ski resort in 1998 when a US Marine Corps aircraft, flying over 1,600 feet below minimum height standards, cut the cable supporting their gondola. The pilot was acquitted of manslaughter, and the United States reimbursed 75% of Italy's victim compensation fund