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TIL: Selena's Killer Will be Eligible for parole In 2025-

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NM5P TIL that Google Maps vehicles collected private data including passwords, from unprotected WiFi networks and transferred it to a Google data center
aLPo TIL that India is only 109th in real population density, as such a high percentage of the land is arable. There is roughly the same amount of farmable land in India per Indian as there is in Germany for each German.
XEGYX TIL of a parasitic fungus called cordyceps that infects ants. Once a spore finds a host it grows a network of roots inside, delivering chemicals that will eventually give the fungus full control of the ant, using the body to reach a suitable place to grow. It anchors down with its jaws, permanently.
M7JdK TIL Sloths can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes (4x more than dolphins for example)
69LLm TIL: The 3x platinum hit "Man in the Mirror" is one of two songs not written by Michael Jackson from Jackson's seventh solo album "Bad".