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TIL: Of Dracula ants, so named because they suck the blood of their young in a process dubbed “nondestructive cannibalism,”

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ANNLn TIL in 2003, before TNN was renamed Spike TV, Spike Lee filed for an injunction to stop the channel's name change. Lee claimed that "The media description [...] confirmed what was obvious - that Spike TV referred to Spike Lee."
jNbva TIL that director Steven Spielberg is never present when the last scene of his movies are being shot
P1m4L TIL before the modern ambulance, funeral homes used hearses to bring patients to the hospital. This is because the hearse was often the only vehicle long enough to fit a stretcher inside.
a8AeJ TIL when The Stooges broke up in the mid 1970s, David Bowie stepped in and produced both of Iggy Pop's acclaimed 1977 solo albums. Iggy would later say that Bowie saved him from professional, and maybe personal, annihilation.
9YRdD TIL About Action Park, a theme park in New Jersey that was a literal death trap. At least 5 patrons died on the poorly constructed and engineered rides. One particularly dangerous ride was the Cannonball Loop, a waterslide with a loop that caused patrons scrapes, concussions, and lost teeth.