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TIL: That FEMA monitors Waffle House's decision to close restaurants to gauge storm response

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KYmR TIL that black mamba venom contains a better pain killer than morphine.
WRdX TIL that the Viking 1 lander explored Mars for six years until human error during a software update caused its antenna to go down, terminating communication.
69eZ8 TIL that elephant poaching has steadily decreased in certain African countries causing elephant populations to slowly begin rising.
kZr1 TIL that Lemmy Kilmister co-wrote Ozzy Osbourne’s hit song “Mama I’m Coming Home,” stating that he made more royalties from that song than in 15 years in Motorhead
VMG6Z TIL about Kenneth Taylor and George Welch, the first two American pilots to get airborne during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Both were recommended for the Medal of Honor, but this was denied on the basis that they had “taken off without orders.” Together they shot down six Japanese planes.