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TIL that smaller creatures experience time much faster than we do, so to them we seem to be moving in slow motion.

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jN1GR TIL Major James Robertson of Australian Army once stole one of the only 20 German tanks from no man’s land, while being attacked by machine gun and mustard gas.
NXbQb TIL about Neutron stars, pulsars, and magnetar. And Interesting fact is that if Neutron collides with earth, then life on earth would probably perish well before the planet is destroyed - a NS is a strong source of X and soft gamma rays, that will sterilize the planet well before it reaches surface.
v1wKR TIL Serial killer Ted Bundy was convicted and sentenced to death in large part on the basis of now-discredited forensic bite mark evidence. Though there was other evidence implicating him and he later confessed to the killings anyway, so no one doubts his guilt.
XEO6D TIL cats can make as many as 16 different meow sounds, mostly used only when people are around. Cats also talk in more subtle ways - with their eyes and tails. A slow blink from a feline, for example, is like a wink between friends.
9YVBB TIL: An American called Gilbert Bates marched across England after the civil war carrying an American flag on a bet of 1000 dollars that he wouldnt be insulted along the way. He couldnt get to London because of the crowds who supported him.