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TIL ticks are not insects but arachnids with 8 legs and are evolutionary related to mites.

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mx7Bp TIL in 2007 six US cruise missiles with the nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a bomber, not reported missing, and remained mounted for 36 hours with no security precautions for nuclear weapons implemented.
78kvx TIL that contrary to popular belief, the "petrified bodies" from Pompeii are not actually bodies at all; they are actually plaster casts that have been made by filling the empty space left by decomposed remains that deteriorated in the ash. Over 100 casts have been made since 1863
R0xw TIL that research on DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) has largely shown it to be ineffective, and in some cases it has increased the use of drugs at schools.
d8bk8 TIL of the Future Library Project which includes 100 works of literature to remain unread and unpublished until 2114. A thousand trees were planed in 2014 to supply the paper for the anthologies of these works. Each year a new notable author is chosen, most recently Ocean Vuong.
pYnbe TIL one of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's first TV roles was fighting Seven of Nine on Star Trek Voyager