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TIL that due to the growing popularity of ‘pubic grooming’, genital crabs are now an endangered species.

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N7rVJ TIL the song Iron Man is unrelated to the Marvel character. It’s about a time traveler seeing an apocalyptic future. Back to the present, he is turned into steel by a magnetic storm rendering him mute. He warns people about the apocalypse but when they can't understand him, he causes the apocalypse.
WkNXo TIL there is a massive subterranean biosphere estimated to contain life approaching double the volume of all oceans. About 70% of Earth's bacteria and archaea live here. These microbes are often very different from surface cousins, with life cycles on near-geologic timescales.
EgeP7 TIL the first cables laid cross the Atlantic Ocean were insulated with hemp.
yQbnM TIL that apiarists, geneticists, and bee breeding engineers at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada have developed a new bee breed that is supposed to have beneficial traits, including strength and mite resistance, to try and cure colony collapse disorder and save the bees. #savethebees
77lP TIL after the US Airways Flight 1549 ditching on the Hudson (aka “Miracle on the Hudson”), officials captured and gassed 1,235 Canadian geese and destroyed 1,739 goose eggs across New York City.