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TIL that the name for the shape of Pringles is called a ‘Hyperbolic Paraboloid’.

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1aNX TIL that Cockroaches are almost extinct in Post-Soviet States, and their disappearance is still a mystery.
OGEPa TIL humans have a faint glow that’s visible to certain cameras. Humans emit a very low level of light due to metabolic processes, but it’s about 1,000 times weaker than what the human eye can detect.
MexZB TIL the alignment of planets in our solar system that allowed us to launch Voyager spacecraft out of our solar system at the speed it went only happens once every 176 years
woLWW TIL there are hundreds of cats released into Disneyland at night for rodent control, and they are rounded back up in the morning before the park opens.
wLZR1 TIL that the Spinifex Hopping Mouse has one of the most efficient kidneys of any animal and creates its own water through metabolic processes. They produce solid urine with very little water.