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TIL ancient Aztecs invented rubber-soled shoes.

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PG6g TIL Cows’ farts +burps are more damaging towards the environment since Methane gas is 20x more powerful than CO2. Each cow releases 200-400lbs per yr methane through flatulence. French company Valorex SAS is enforcing farmers to feed cows alfalfa and flax seed to result in 25% less methane release.
e0oMD TIL The Japanese giant Hornets, the largest of its kind can sting in venom so powerful that can dissolve the human flesh.
4yy6 TIL Tokyo’s Mitsui Garden Yotsuya hotel offers ‘crying rooms’ only to women. Y. Ezato, the PR representative for the hotel, says with more Japanese women succeeding in the workforce, it’s causing a rise in female stress/anxiety. The rooms include tear-jerking movies, luxurious tissues & warm sheets
mxx4R TIL Terry Davis, a schizophrenic programmer, spent 10 years of his life programming an operating system to talk to God.
VBLmk TIL there’s a species of jellyfish that can reverse their age once reaching adulthood