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TIL There’s an ant with a sting as painful as a gunshot wound.

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JYJgB TIL that the vertical line in the Peace Sign represents the flag semaphore signal for the letter D, and the downward lines on either side represent the semaphore signal for the letter N. “N” and “D”, for nuclear disarmament, enclosed in a circle.
5MLn TIL Freddie Mercury doesn’t sing the high note in Bohemian Rhapsody (for meee!),but the drummer, Roger Taylor does.
PY1yZ TIL that smoking killed more people in the 20th century than both world wars combined.
kJO4m TIL that chocolate is crystalline and therefore has six phases (different ways of arranging crystals). This is important for the production of glossy, brittle, melt-in-mouth-not-in-hand tempered chocolate.
ZjLG TIL that Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said that the manager of officials of the NBA “wouldn’t be able to manage a Dairy Queen.” Dairy Queen was offended by this and invited him to manage a Dairy Queen for a day. Cuban accepted the company’s invitation and worked for a day at a Dairy Queen