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TIL Kobe Bryant’s parents named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu.

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b9OjE TIL, the most successful hunter among apex predators is the African wild dog, with greater than 60% of their chases ending in a kill, which is much higher than that of a lion (27-30%) and hyena (25-30%)
WkoLY TIL: Newly declassified public records obtained via the Freedom of Information Act shed light on Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground military experiments. Tests involved human exposure to biological and chemical agents while others studied weaponized mosquitos released on civilian populations in the U.S.
6E4MQ TIL that German film director Werner Herzog nearly took LANSA Flight 508, but canceled at the last minute. The plane was struck by lightning, killing 91 of 92 crew members and passengers. The lone survivor was 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke, whose story was told in Herzog's documentary Wings of Hope.
OGxba TIL about Anatoly Moskvin, a Russian historian who was discovered to have dug up the bodies of 26 girls and mummified them in his home, dressing them up as dolls and keeping them for years without anyone knowing.
W7Vwo TIL that wasps can build nest of 7 meters long.