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TIL about Cordyceps: Mushrooms That Take Over Insects 🍄 — Their Role in the Ecosystem, Culinary Uses, and Potential Health Benefits

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9wOGm TIL Saul Goodman's character (from Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul) was inspired by a real-life attorney Ron Bell, whose ads could, at the time, be found plastered across Albuquerque and airing on its local TV. Similar to Goodman, Bell had his own catchphrase: "Ring the Bell!"
pewO TIL of OpenDyslexic, a funky-looking font designed to be easily readable by those with dyslexica.
WkdXX TIL Bomberman was released for the MSX system in the UK under the title “Eric and the Floaters”
pYDNN TIL that native South American monkeys floated there from Africa circa 30mya. They were probably living on river islands that discharged into the Atlantic and then drifted across on ocean currents, with volcanic staging posts along the way. Lemur ancestors arrived in Madagascar by the same process.
7r7OZ TIL The hottest place on Earth lost the title it had held for 90 years, when it was found that the man making the original measurements likely misread the thermometer.