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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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grWN7 TIL that John Walton was the 4th richest person in the US when he died in a plane crash. The plane was an inexpensive home-built that he improperly fixed himself.
PYwO TIL Some Russian yachts offer “pirate hunting” cruises off Somali coast where yacht owners provide AK-47’s for a chance to kill pirates.
WkvEo TIL that Dave Thomas, the founder of the successful fast food chain, Wendy’s, worked at KFC prior to Wendy’s and was responsible for the red and white striped chicken bucket design.
0kLj TIL giving the Nazi salute in modern day Germany is punishable for up to 3 yrs in prison.
8ajoZ TIL that there are ancient languages that are considered untranslatable or ‘extinct’ because we have no descendant languages to use as a frame of reference for translation. One example is the Etruscan language of Italy that belonged to people who lived in Italy before the Romans.