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TIL Alfa Romeo's logo contains a snake eating a human
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TIL only mammals have alveoli.
mK6o
TIL that alligators in Louisiana have learned to balance sticks on their snouts specifically during egret and heron nesting season, when the birds are actively searching for nest materials. This is the first known case of predators using lures based on seasonal prey behavior.
4XodX
TIL that pipelines are internally maintained via "PIGS" (Pipeline Inspection Gauges), which perform cleaning, inspection and other maintenance operations. The PIG is inserted via a "pig launcher" and removed via a "pig catcher."
Oxoa
TIL that Dr. Hutchinson in “Rocko’s Modern Life” was created because Nickelodeon wanted a positive female character with a strong hook. So they created one with a REAL HOOK for a hand.
kJopE
TIL of Longtermism, an ethical stance which values future people just as much as people alive today, from a longtermist perspective, killing billions of humans today would be perfectly moral if it ensured the survival of trillions of humans a million years from now.