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TIL. Ants can create a death spiral when losing track of the main group. Walk until death.

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9wN4r TIL The Nagant M1895 is one of the few revolvers that can successfully use a silencer. This is possible because the ammunition's casing extends over the projectile and the cylinder slides forward when cocked. When fired these elements create a gas seal that prevents gas from venting out the sides.
69loZ TIL that the different laws and formulae in physics and mathematics weren't named after the same "Bernoulli"
991m TIL when a 16th century cathedral in Salamanca, Spain was renovated in the early 1990s, ornate stone carvings of an astronaut and a gargoyle eating ice cream were added near the entrance.
ZpPaY TIL: Rick Moranis had to act in slow motion during the filming of “Little Shop of Horrors”, acting at 12 frames per second
LvbP TIL 1 in every 6 couples that use condoms will become pregnant due to misuse. 1 in 50 will become pregnant due to product failure.