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NnGM TIL that the fat part of a worm is called a clitellum. “The clitellum produces a ring-like band after a worm mates. The ring moves forward, collecting eggs, and slips over the worm’s head. As it slides off, the ends seal and form a cocoon. Baby worms hatch from this cocoon.”
JPQ8 TIL AT&T made a working answering machine in 1939 but suppressed it, thinking public fear of being recorded would lead to widespread abandonment of the telephone.
a4XA TIL that if the Öresund sea between Sweden and Denmark freezes and a Swede walks over the ice to Denmark, Danes are allowed to hit the Swede with sticks.
W7014 TIL that a shark is the only known fish that can blink with both eyes
b6Yyj TIL that the iconic death's-head hawkmoth from The Silence of the Lambs couldn't be used in filming because it was too cold, so they glued skull decals on tobacco horn worm moths, instead.