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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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4a9J TIL A shibboleth is a word that can only be said correctly by native speakers. During WW2, American troops used the word “lollapalooza” to check unidentified people. Japanese spies would often go to areas posing as allied men, if the first two syllables come back as rorra, they would kill them.
OGB66 TIL there's a type of broccoli called Romanesco that naturally grows in a fractal pattern
QJNP6 The genders are more alike than they are different, with one notable exception.
jXPX TIL the most powerful commercial radio station ever was WLW (700KHz AM), which during certain times in the 1930s broadcasted 500kW radiated power. At night, it covered half the globe. Neighbors within the vicinity of the transmitter heard the audio in their pots, pans, and mattresses.
d8l8Q TIL the NASA Voyager probes that are currently exploring interstellar space have the computing power of a standard key fob. Science is amazing.