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TIL that bookworms are actually larvae of several different species of insects that have been known to bore into books looking for food.

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oBWYA TIL The amount of solar energy reaching the surface of Earth is so vast that in one year it is about twice as much as will ever be obtained from all of the Earth's non-renewable resources of coal, oil, natural gas, and mined uranium combined
DQPXv TIL one bad apple in a bunch of apples will release ethylene and ruin all the other apples in the bunch.
DQpZe TIL about Tartary, the historical name for Central Asia and Siberia, which has sparked conspiracy theories about a hidden past and mud floods. This globalized version posits that demolished buildings, like the Singer Building and parts of different Worlds Fairs, were involved in the cover up
ZEGa TIL: That after the Kent state shootings that 58% of respondents blamed the students while 11% blamed the National Guardsmen.
rr84 TIL of a millionaire who announced he would bury his Bentley for his afterlife. After lots of negative reaction, he revealed the publicity stunt about organ donations. “People bury things that are much more valuable then cars and nobody seems to care”.