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TIL about Vulture Bees, who instead of collecting nectar, collect the flesh from rotting carcasses and produce a "decay-resistant edible glucose product resembling honey", aka Meat Honey.

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r6O1 TIL that during WWII ‘Trophy Taking’ of Japanese skulls & other body parts by US soldiers was so prevalent that when Japanese soldiers’ remains were repatriated from the Mariana Islands 60% were missing their skulls. FDR was even given a letter-opener made from a Japanese soldier’s arm.
m1YWE TIL people who received bionic eye implants lost vision after the company who created them went bust.
8aPE8 TIL Archaeologists are able to follow Lewis and Clarks trail across America by looking for their Mercury laden poop.
lro7 TIL a noted fetish artist lived with “Spider-Man” co-creator Steve Ditko, and once said “I think I added the business about the webs coming out of his hands.”
8aLVa TIL About Washing Machine Charlie, a WW2 Japanese pilot who would fly by American bases at night with unsynchronized engines which would wake up the Americans.