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TIL Blue angel slugs collect venom from the Portuguese man o’ war, their prey, to create dangerous stingers which protect them from predators

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OG8Ka TIL that Maritime silk road is the first inter-continental trade route by Austronesian from 3000 BC spanning from China, India, Arabian Peninsula, Africa, and Europe. As opposed of the famous Silk Road from 100 BC spanning from China to Europe. Making it Austronesian age of discovery
eZXL TIL that Gene Roddenberry was asked by a reporter about casting Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: TNG. “Surely by the 24th century, they would have found a cure for male pattern baldness.” And Gene Roddenberry responded “No, by the 24th century, no one will care.”
M71P8 TIL Many hotels including Hilton and Marriott collect guests’ used soaps, scrape the hair and stuff off, then melt them down to make new soaps.
MBa8 TIL in 1995, an ESPN cameraman captured Fenway fans having a threesome during a game.
vPpXK TIL although Emily Dickinson was not widely recognized during her lifetime, she wrote nearly 1,800 poems. However, only 10 of these were published during her life, without attribution and sometimes without permission.