Today i learned

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Today I learned that something collided with Jupiter on September 13th.


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Better Jupiter than us.

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Imagine how big is this flash compared to the Earth…

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TIL some species of ants keep other ants as slaves.
They send out raiding parties to other species of ants and capture their larvae, and raise them as workers.

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I remember hearing abt this in a documentary!

Ant rights when?

Today I learned that I was hauntingly mistaken.

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Today I relearned that Rutherford B. Hayes was a president and not a grumpy PTA member.

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Today I learned that the largest waterfall in the world is under water. In the ocean.

Today I learned that the two hemispheres of the brain can function independently when separated.

I’ve known that for a while now (I found the same video). Kinda weird when you think about it. Science actually suggests that the two hemispheres are more like the “I know” and “I want to know” halves of the brain (With the latter being mute on it’s own) instead of the “creative” and “analytical”.

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i necroposting this time for ones:

Today i learn that land animals was already exsit 110 million earliers then the last one (510 million year ago), before any land plant ever evolve:


the artical:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gto.12379

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TIL chainsaws were originally invented to help with childbirth by cutting out a part of a woman’s pelvic bone.

It was also invented in Scotland, of course

Why were chainsaws invented

(Sorry for necroposting a little bit)

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dont worry, chainsaws arnt hurting trees.
we just use them to cut out their pelvic bone to assist the birthing process of a tree.

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today i learned that the fish that crawled out of the water is called a tilaalik

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tilaalik is the earliest we know of yepp.

TIL the first city to reach a population of 100000 was Baghdad in the 800s/early 900s. it dropped below 1 million though. the second city was Beijing, in the 1800s. thats a 1000 year gap. im confused.

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today i learned that the circle thing on the disturbances face is a eardrum and not a eye.

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