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TIL 'Monkey', a puppet character in Britain. It's a rare mascot that outlived the product (digital TV) it promoted, and reused for totally different product (tea). ( en.wikipedia.org )

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cr35wk/til_monkey_a_puppet_character_in_britain_its_a/...

Solifugae - aka. Camel spiders became an Internet sensation during the Iraq war of 2003, when rumors of their bloodthirsty nature began to circulate online ( en.wikipedia.org )

Dutch roll ( en.wikipedia.org )

TIL that between 2008 and 2010, the Iraqi government were scammed into spending over $40 million on fake bomb detectors - the ADE 651 ( en.wikipedia.org )

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1d0ep6h/til_that_between_2008_and_2010_the_iraqi/...

TIL that the ruby-throated hummingbird flies non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico as part of its spring migration and has a VO2 max that is about 10 times higher than elite human athletes. ( en.wikipedia.org )

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cy3uo6/til_that_the_rubythroated_hummingbird_flies/...

Bowel Movement Bandit - Unidentified man in the Kenmore neighborhood of Akron who repeatedly defecated through the sunroofs of random people’s cars from 2012 to 2015 ( en.wikipedia.org )

Lavender Scare ( en.wikipedia.org )

Mariko Aoki phenomenon (the sudden urge to defecate after entering a bookstore) ( en.wikipedia.org )

Bioswale ( en.wikipedia.org )

TIL: Gamergate's have interesting hierarchy and can replace the queen ( en.wikipedia.org )

LaserDisc ( en.wikipedia.org )

Spear-thrower (atlatl) ( en.wikipedia.org )

Denver International Airport conspiracy theories ( en.wikipedia.org )

Aliens, Nazis, and secret societies, oh my!

Friendly Floatees spill ( en.wikipedia.org )

Heartbeat in the Brain - Lost 1970 documentary in which the director/subject drills a hole in her forehead with a dentist's drill ( en.wikipedia.org )

Defenestration ( en.wikipedia.org )

Darvaza gas crater ( en.wikipedia.org )

(remembered this after seeing “Craters of the Moon”)

TIL That the symbol ^ is called a "caret" not a "carrot", from the Latin meaning "it lacks" ( en.wikipedia.org )

Author: /u/Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir...

The Silver Train of Stockholm ( en.wikipedia.org )

Trepanning - a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled into the human skull. Evidence has been found in prehistoric human remains from Neolithic times onward ( en.wikipedia.org )

TIL that Timur, the Turko-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia, reportedly caused the deaths of 17 million people, amounting to about 5% of the world population ( en.wikipedia.org )

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1cok4h1/til_that_timur_the_turkomongol_conqueror_who/...

Starfish Prime ( en.wikipedia.org )

"Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States, a joint effort of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It was launched from Johnston Atoll on July 9, 1962, and was the largest nuclear test conducted in outer space, and one of five conducted by the US in...