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TIL Wi-Fi was developed by using technology from a failed experiment attempting to detect mini black holes.

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0wM6R TIL: Certain ant species commit suicide to protect their territory. As stinging wasn't effective against some predators, they evolved the ability to self-sacrifice to kill one or more enemies. They wrap themselves around an opponent & explodes, releasing sticky corrosive material killing both.
16bWW TIL that "Clever Hans," a horse in the early 1900s, seemed to do math but was actually responding to unconscious cues from his owner, leading to a breakthrough in psychology called the "Clever Hans Effect.
v1MOx TIL Capuchin monkeys at Brazil’s Serra da Capivara National Park, are 3,000 years into their own 'Stone Age'
RbWa TIL that someone build a working hydrolic computer to simulate an economic model, with water flow to represent money flow
xVnMB TIL in 2018, NYC had a period where (for the first time ever) it had a lower murder rate than London, causing many people to believe London became more dangerous. In truth, it was likely heavy snow that caused the lower rate in NYC. By the end of the year, NYC had double the murder rate.