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TIL Blue whale poop is bright neon orange, from the shells of the krill the whales eat.

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RBg1 TIL When comparing job creation of different presidents, President Carter was actually one of the most successful. Only one other president created more jobs in one term, and Carter was unmatched in job creation when comparing the first three years of his administration to the others. Since 1952.
a0VA TIL:A Kenyan man successfully killed a lion with his bare hands only to be killed moments later by a pack of hyenas.
gyBW TIL Scientists put slime mold onto a model of a map of Tokyo, with food representing urban centers. After a day, it created a network almost identical to Tokyo’s actual rail network. Human designers created that network to be as efficient as possible; slime mold did the same, but without a brain
XEj7j TIL a 2015 survey showed that STEM workers are more likely to have autistic traits than non-STEM ones - the average STEM worker had an autism spectrum quotient of 21.9, while the rest had 18.9.
vm8L TIL when lead was removed from gasoline, there was a dramatic decrease in the violent crime rate in the Western World.