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TIL of a giant centipede that hangs from cave ceilings and catches and eats bats

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grw1A Til that the designer of the SS rune symbol was only paid about $2 for his design.
DNWJ TIL During WWI, Dominic “Fats” McCarthy was awarded the Victoria Cross after he, virtually unaided, killed 22 Germans, captured 5 machine guns, 50 prisoners, and half a kilometer of the German front. When it was over even the prisoners he’d captured patted him on the back for what he’d done.
yVgAa TIL Steam locomotives could replenish its water supply while in motion using track pans, long troughs filled with water and a retractable water scooper that would be lowered. The speed of the forward motion forces the water up the scoop pipes into the tanks or tender.
5V9YR TIL Former Major League Baseball All Star and Red Sox Hall of Fame member Kevin Youkilis was once described as looking like “a refrigerator repairman, a butcher, the man selling hammers behind the counter at the True Value hardware store."
pY4dQ TIL: In 2008, Doritos held a competition to create a commercial to send to space. They sent "tribe" - where escaped Doritos worship a salsa jar (possible chip sacrifice involved) to Ursa Major for 6 hours using a space station in the Arctic Circle. 61% of those surveyed thought "its a start"