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TIL that Ethiopia's Salt Ponds Contain One of the Few Places Life Cannot Survive on Earth: The Dallol pools are likely so hot, salty and acidic that even extremophile microbes are unable to enter.

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VeR4 TIL - New York’s underground gay bars of the 1960’s (including the Stonewall Inn) were actually created and supported by the Mafia. It was illegal to be gay. The mob paid off local precincts to keep them from doing raids.
wLdaW TIL because of its unique venom delivery system, the stiletto snake (newly-discovered earlier this year) is almost impossible to hold safely in the usual way (fingers behind the head) without being bitten. It is capable of stabbing with its independently protruding fangs while its mouth is closed.
wojeo TIL duck feet have fewer nerves and smaller blood vessels so they don't feel the cold as drastically
DQNmj TIL Rubbing from the Nestorian Stele. Erected in 781, the bilingual Chinese/Syriac text describes the arrival of Christianity from the Eastern Roman Empire in 635, and the early history of Christianity in Tang China
dDR1Z TIL that the Pentagon has never passed a financial audit