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TIL that wasp stings are alkaline but bee stings are acidic

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4kd5J TIL In 1999, India had to use snake charmers to secure a cricket ground after a right-wing group threatened to release venomous snakes to stop a cricket match
lo7GK TIL football player Bronko Nagurski was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame and was recognized as a multiple-time World Heavyweight Champion as a Professional Wrestler
OypY TIL that an idea from Donald Duck comic was used to raise a sunken ship, and the prior art from the comic may have been used to deny a patent on the ship raising method
MeKKK TIL in 1825, a British geologist went to Sicily and examined the remains of a female saint. He concluded that they weren’t human and likely belonged to a goat. He told the priests, who kicked him out and then placed the bones into a casket to prevent future study.
n5EG TIL that researchers estimate that the Internet consumes less than 2% of the total energy consumed by humanity (as of 2011)