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TIL of the mimic jumping spiders. Several species of jumping spider have evolved specifically to mimic the appearance and behaviors of ants. Many scientists believe this evolved as a way to avoid predation from larger spiders.

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nWNBB TIL tat n Croatia there’s a small island of 0,14km² with 23km of dry stone walls that were built to delimit agricultural plots and protect the olive trees and vines from the wind. Seen from the sky the island looks like a maze, a puzzle or a fingerprint
deYZ TIL that Robert M. Losey, the first American military casualty of WWII had two master’s degrees from Cal Tech and was described by professors as “‘perhaps the most brilliant student’ who ever attended the school”
1aLOV TIL a sundown town is a community that for decades kept non-whites from living in it and was thus “all-white” on purpose.
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