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grKj4 TIL that an inscription on Maya hieroglyphs details a battle between Dos Pilas and Tikal which reads “Nahb’aj ch’ich’ witzaj jo” or “The blood pooled, the heads piled up”. Dos Pilas a much smaller nation inflicted a shocking defeat upon the Tikal which helped consolidate their nation is Mesoamerica
dDl4E TIL certain ants "farm" other insects, specifically aphids, raising them in herds and "milking" them for honeydew; making ants in many ways the world's oldest farmers
e0GAJ TIL that there were kamikaze torpedo/submarines called 'Kaiten' used by the Japanese at the end of WW2. They were fast, silent, made no bubbles, and contained 1.44 tons of TNT in the tip.
rEPM TIL In 2 episodes of the first season of The Simpsons, Lou the cop, was colored yellow. It wasn’t till Season 2 that they kept him black.
xVge1 TIL the first 'light gun' game wasn't Duck Hunt on NES but Ray-O-Lite developed in 1936