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QNpd TIL In 1955 the US had a mach capable strategic bomber that could takeoff and land on water
mKGv TIL There is an electric eel in a tennessee aquarium and the aquarium is hooked up to a computer that sends out a tweet from the electric eels twitter account whenever it discharges a high enough amount of electricity.
m1OOp TIL about the Submarine Cable Map, revealing the intricate network of undersea cables connecting countries worldwide.These hidden lifelines carry our digital data across oceans, making Internet literally possible. What's even more intriguing is how a handful of massive corporations own all of these.
wopAE TIL that honeybees have five eyes. They have two large compound eyes and three smaller simple eyes on top of their heads, which help them navigate and detect light.
9x1D TIL that the “crunch” of crisps is the result of a hundred or more tiny air bubbles being released at speeds of 300 meters per second… in other words, a crunch is a tiny sonic boom inside your mouth.