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TIL Today marks the first time in history an ICBM has been used in combat

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womjE TIL: A key factor of animals belonging to the same species is their ability to produce fertile offspring together. So a Great Dane and a Chihuahua could produce fertile offspring, and a horse and a donkey can have a baby together but their offspring will always be infertile.
LaRr TIL that China, Bangladesh and Grenada are the only countries where the female suicide rate is higher than the male rate
vA6R TIL A man convicted to 21,250 years in prison won an appeal - his sentence was reduced to 500 years.
4XjEX TIL about the Cone Snail, whose venom varies not only from species to species, but also from individual to individual, and even from shot to shot. They seem to mix their venom cocktail on the fly from thousands of unique ingredients. Venomous Alchemist Snails of the Deep.
ojgo TIL of the Reverse Tinkerbell Effect, an expression that stipulates that the more people believe in something, the more likely it is to vanish; If more people view cars as being safe to drive, the less safe they become as more people tend to drive without caution.