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TIL the internet has weight

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x6OEB TIL in 1859, an Australian man named Thomas Austin released 24 rabbits for hunting on his estate. With no natural predators, they multiplied so rapidly that within a few decades, they overran Australia, causing massive ecological damage and leading to one of the largest control efforts in history.
4Xono TIL that the lengthy route that the laryngeal nerve travels from the brain, down into the chest, before ending at the voice box, is strong evidence of a lack of intelligent design and supports evolution.
GAMV1 TIL it’s impossible to make soft shell turtle eggs sunny side up. The egg white protein doesn’t coagulate with heat.
xNn7 TIL that butterflies remember their days as a caterpillar. Despite going into a completely liquified state during metamorphosis, the neurons for their brain stay arranged as such to allow for the memories to stay intact.
E1RQ0 TIL the word Kamikaze means divine wind, a term that was coined for a typhoon that sunk a mongol fleet trying to invade Japan in 1281.