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TIL That spray/aerosol cans don't always have metal ball bearings in them, they can also be marbles and are known as 'peas'

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dDYor TIL the Atlantic Pygmy Octopus drills a hole into crustacean shells in order to inject them with paralyzing venom
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oBkrW TIL that in the harsh winter of 2008, the town of Ankeny, Iowa used expired garlic salt to help thaw the roads, keeping several tons from going to a landfill.
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