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TIL scorpions evolved from huge aquatic sea scorpions and that 98% of today’s scorpions have a sting no worse than a bee

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BLRr TIL of Boudica, a Celtic queen who in 60 AD led an uprising against the Romans, razing three cities and killing 80,000 Romans. This was revenge for Rome annexing her kingdom after her husband died, flogging her publicly and ordering her daughters raped. Rome needed more than 3 legions to subdue her.
9wBRX TIL the Tree of Ténéré was once considered to be the most remote tree in the world. Located in the middle of the Sahara desert in Niger for over 300 years, it was hundreds of kilometres away from the nearest other tree. Somehow, a drunk truck driver managed to hit it and knock it down in 1973.
eplAg TIL about how in 1984 Rajneeshees committed first bioterror atack in the US history by contaminating salad bars with salmonella in order to win local election
4XQ8w TIL about the treeless tundra town of Nome Alaska, who's residents create their own Nome National Forest on the frozen sea out of their discarded Christmas trees. The tradition has fallen out of practice but has recently been reborn through pressure from the Mayor.
neb7 TIL that the urinals in Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport have the image of a fly etched into the basin. Men instinctively can’t resist a target so their bathrooms stay clean.