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TIL there are Carnivorous Caterpillars in Hawaii

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j6kla TIL The Chinese Ming Dynasty deployed a heavy amount of Guns & Cannons, bombarding and smoking the entire battlefield against the Mongols, they fled without their spare Horses. According to an observer, they avoided battle several days later, "fearing that the guns had arrived again." (1414)
5Vydp TIL Funerals Can Make Humans Surprisingly Horny
WQ6B TIL that there was an episode of Mr. Rogers where he learned to breakdance
4B6J TIL the phrase “balls to the wall” has nothing to do with genitalia, but actually originally refers to a mechanism found in steam engines.
78eLX TIL Due to atmospheric anomalies, during WWII a farmhouse in Rhode Island was able to intercept enemy radio transmissions from around the world | Even German tank-to-tank communications in North Africa