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TIL about Homo Syntheticus, the idea that we will soon take control of evolution away from nature and replace it with cybernetics & genetic engineering.

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R5rN8 TIL the original Leopard 1 main battle tank was designed by luxury car maker Porsche. Porsche also submitted a design for the WW2 era tiger tank but lost out to a competitor.
loyJB TIL teeth are not bones but are evolved fish scales
d1VK TIL tasers shoot confetti with tiny serial numbers printed on it so that it can be linked to the person who fired it.
154W TIL when Columbus first sailed to America his ship’s captain (Rodrigo de Triana) spotted land first but Columbus later claimed he had already seen it a few hours earlier, thereby claiming for himself the lifetime pension that had been promised by King Ferdinand to the first person to sight land.
b74Q TIL it is polite in Japan to slurp your noodles as you eat them because “how could you possibly get the full flavor if you don’t slurp!?”