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TIL : Cockroaches are pretty good parents! "The cockroach parenting method—which includes feeding, guarding and keeping their young very close—has served the insects for at least 125 million years."

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rR86o TIL a Parrot got an award for warning a mother that her toddler was choking, by repeatedly yelling "Mama, baby" and flapped his wings
Ypgmr TIL: A blind mechanical engineer named Ralph Teetor invented cruise control in 1945 after riding with his lawyer, who had a nasty habit of speeding up and slowing down too frequently. It was originally called "Speedostat".
oBZ4r TIL that it is estimated that the world's 25 million tons of spiders kill 400–800 million tons of prey per year.
rxE0 TIL Surfer Chris Blowes survived having his left leg taken by a Great White Shark, despite having no heart beat for the 90 minute trip to the hospital, during which the paramedics conducted nonstop, two-person CPR, keeping oxygenated blood flowing through his brain.
e0yb6 TIL one of the most famously misattributed quotes is Winston Churchill saying "When Muslims are in the minority they are very concerned with minority rights, when they are in the majority there are no minority rights." Although he's frequently quoted for that statement, he never actually said that.