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TIL the use of the word “scoop” in the context of news stories started with fisherman scooping water sealed boxes (full of news) out of the ocean and delivering them to land before wired transatlantic communications negated the need to do so.

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rNyOW TIL the most dangerous ant in the world is the bulldog ant (Myrmecia pyriformis) in Australia. In attack it uses its sting and jaws simultaneously. There have been at least three human fatalities since 1936, the latest a Victorian farmer in 1988
yQEKX TIL Doritos can be used as safe firestarter because of how flamable the cheese dust is
8OOG TIL that Jenna Miscavige Hill, daughter of Scientology leader David Miscavige, first learned of the church’s closely-guarded secret doctrines concerning aliens via the “South Park” episode “Trapped in the Closet”
NXbkQ TIL the snow in the wizard of oz was pure asbestos.
BXKD TIL that Britain only finished paying its WW2 debts off in 2006, and was only three months shy of bankruptcy when the war ended in 1945