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TIL the herbivorous/omnivorous equivalent of a scavenger is a detritivore

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1rxO TIL in the 2005 film ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ the chocolate river was made of actual chocolate instead of CGI. It was made of about 192,000 gallons of chocolate.
e0VEg TIL that honey bees only die after they sting humans (or other mammals), but are able to repeatedly sting other insects because they can successfully retract their stinger
MeZPB TIL Hurricanes do not generally have thunder nor lightning - thunder and lightning are formed by vertical winds that cause water and ice to rub together, and most hurricane winds are horizontal
R7DMa TIL that in 2014 Pope Francis declared evolution and the Big Bang Theory to be right and said that the Big Bang "does not contradict the divine act of creating, but rather requires it".
oBmyr TIL that Creme Puff the oldest cat ever recorded with 38 years and 3 days (1967-2005) had an usual diet of, among other things, bacon and eggs, asparagus, broccoli, and coffee with heavy cream