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TIL that approximately 6% of divorced couples remarry the same person

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Wknxo TIL there’s a species of parasitic nematode that induces “fruit-mimicry” in tropical ants. Infected ants develop bright red abdomens, tend to be more sluggish, and walk with their abdomens in a conspicuous elevated position. This causes frugivorous birds to confuse them for berries.
0A1y TIL out of 2.7 million traffic accidents in the U.S. recorded in 25 states over the course of a year, only 1.6 percent were caused by drivers who exceeded the posted speed limit.
LQLLp TIL the world's first hard drive, the IBM 350, was introduced in 1956. It was leased to companies for $37,600/month (adjusted to 2024), weighed one ton, and held 3.75 MB, about the size of a small PDF file.
awxoM TIL The Agathis species of coniferous trees was mostly wiped out in the dinosaur extinction event, but 300M+ years from its start, is used to make furniture and ukeleles.
KE84 TIL: After 4 drunk/stoned punks harrased the siberian tiger at the San Francisco zoo, the tiger escaped, hunted them down, killed one and injuried 2 others