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TIL Alfred Nobel considered naming dynamite "Nobel's Safety Powder"

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N7X8b TIL there is an argument that The Beatles were the major influence is the downfall of the Soviet Union, in that they alienated a whole generation from their Communist motherland, becoming another religion to tens of millions of Soviet youngsters.
x61Lo TIL Male honeybees,called drones, soul purpose is to mate with the queen bee, if they get the chance to mate they die right after. Despite not really doing anything else in the matriarchal hive they are vital for survival of the species.
p8Vke TIL that some queen ants can live for almost 30 years while male ants live a little more than a week.
mnAp TIL the only compromise for censoring the cover of Nevermind that Kurt Cobain would accept was a sticker covering the baby’s penis that would say, “If you’re offended by this, you must be a closet pedophile.”
Dpar TIL In GTA IV, there is a children’s beauty pageant advertised online, and if you click on it, you get an automatic 5 stars for its pedophelic content.