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TIL Elephants have a specific call to warn the herd of the presence of angry bees

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ErD0 TIL that over the last 35 years, a portion of the scientific community involved in researching domestic violence has been actively concealing and misrepresenting the evidence for “Gender Symmetry”: the fact that women and men perpetrate partner violence at comparable rates [PDF]
yvbX TIL that the mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois refused to let 16 & pregnant film crew on city property.
kO1bm TIL about the forgery artist Wolfgang Beltracchi who, rather than copying existing artwork, created brand new pieces in the style of famous artists. His forgeries have sold for over $45 million dollars.
8eBGG TIL There was a competing standard to the World Wide Web (www) called gopher
VMwPB TIL that bill Watterson was strongly opposed to merchandising calvin and hobbes, claiming that displaying images on commercially sold products would devalue the characters and their personalities. Bill's stance against commercialism is the main reason why the series never made it to TV or movies.