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TIL that a blackberry has only one calorie.

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5V9Pk TIL about the Swiss Guard's Last Stand. In 1527 Over 20k troops of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, rebelled after not being paid for months, marched on Rome and sacked the city, killing thousands. Fearing for his life, Pope Clement VII fled and 142 Swiss Guard held off the mob, none survived.
6EeX8 TIL Charles Darwin ate many exotic animals he discovered including the Galapagos turtle
pYkO TIL there’s a programming language called Brainfuck whose command set consists entirely of just 8 characters. The “Hello World” program can be written as “ ++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+++.>+.+++++++..+++.>++..+++.——.——–.>+.>.”
ne5wo TIL that the Suminia was a Therapsid, which existed in the late Permian era, that possessed a divergent first digit. Comparable to an opposable thumb, that was utilized as a grasping tool. This is the earliest discovered animal to have such an evolutionary trait.
AxOl TIL scientists have been working on a mosquito-killing laser that can kill up to 100 mosquitos a second. The system can even distinguish gender and species by calculating the speed at which their wings beat.