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TIL that everyone wears Crocs in the 2006 movie Idiocracy because the costume designer had a limited shoe budget, and thought the cheap plastic shoes made by the then startup company were futuristic yet too stupid looking to ever become popular in real life

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GMQ1 TIL magic mushrooms may give users trippy experiences by creating a hyperconnected brain. The active ingredient in the psychedelic drug, psilocybin, seems to completely disrupt the normal communication networks in the brain, by connecting “brain regions that don’t normally talk together.”
epaB6 TIL that Brazil nuts have an elevated amount of selenium (68-91 mcg per nut), and having too many of them can cause the body selenium to increase above the acceptable limit. Extremely high levels of Brazil nuts can cause a condition known as selenosis, which is even characterized by heart attacks.
kOg17 TIL that the queen of a Black Garden Ant colony can live up to 15 years and it has been claimed that some have lived for 30 years.
VMaBZ TIL Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid was based on Snake Plissken, John Carpenter's main protagonist from Escape From New York. The similarity between the characters almost landed Hideo Kojima in court.
QJdRk TIL that cheetahs are so shy that zoos give them their own emotional "support dogs".