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TIL that Hitler grew to hate soccer because it couldn’t be fixed to ensure German victory over non-Germans.

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j6d1v TIL Fractional freezing is a method to concentrate alcoholic beverages by freezing and removing the water. The problem is that the method concentrates impurities like excess ethanol which causes intense hangovers and a condition known as "apple palsy".
J1nOV TIL A missing pet tortoise was found in the attic 30 years later, alive and well
9Ebr TIL the “Door to Hell” in Turkmenistan is a natural gas field that collapsed into an underground cavern in 1971, becoming a natural gas crater. Wanting to prevent spread of methane gas, Geologists set it on fire expecting it to burn out in a few weeks- It has instead continued to burn for >4 decades
b6XJ7 TIL that there's a species of fungi, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as the "zombie ant fungus," which infects ants and manipulates their behavio
DWwr TIL “A crafty ant species builds a trap dotted with foxholes for surprise attacks on an insect. They stretch their victim out like a medieval criminal on a rack as more ants swarm in for the kill.”