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TIL that Rudolf Diesel designed the diesel engine to run on vegetable oil

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mxdEp TIL since Japanese honeybees don't have big enough stingers to pierce giant hornet exoskeletons, they instead attack by swarming them in "hot bee balls" and cooking them to death. The friction of the buzzing bees can reach 117° F / 47° C at the core of the bee ball.
ADpy7 TIL that a golden retriever, Figo, sacrificed his safety to protect his owner. He leaped in front of a school bus in an effort to protect a blind woman. The chief of police said he'd seen dogs protect their owners from intruders, but never automobiles. Figo only sustained a leg injury.
Wk7o8 TIL Hannibal Buress found a lookalike on social media, and sent him to the premiere of Spider-man: Homecoming in his place.
69vKW Today I Learned That Cuba Has a Democracy!
46ao TIL that humans can theoretically survive on a diet entirely composed of nothing but potatoes and butter.