Two new large stick insect species discovered in Australia's backyards and rainforests

TIL that after Lord Howe Island eradicated invasive rats, native insect populations boomed including a giant, wingless wood-eating cockroach found nowhere else on Earth.

TIL Elizabeth Holmes led investors to believe Theranos's blood-testing technology had been deployed by the U.S. military on the battlefield. It had never actually been deployed there.

TIL that after a plane crash in 2023, four children between the ages of 11 months old and 13 years old were left to fend for themselves in the Amazon rainforest. They were able to survive for 40 days