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TIL that snakes can help predict earthquakes.

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oQdW TIL the name “Six Flags” refers to the flags of the six different nations that have governed Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States, and the Confederate States of America.
4Xx8N TIL a California paleontologist created an interactive map to show users where their location was between present day and 750 million years ago
XdZr TIL “Esprit d'escalier” (literally, staircase wit) is a French term used in English to denote the tendency to think of a witty reply when it is too late, for example when taking the stairs on leaving the scene of a confrontation.
d8Ng9 TIL about ‘The Sarco’ a suicide machine that provides a painless death "Within a minute the user loses consciousness, death comes a short time later."
yJ08 TIL in 1985 US Marshalls Service once sent “invitations” to the last known addresses of 5000 known fugitives saying they had won free tickets to a Redskins - Bengals game. When the “winners” arrived to pick up their tickets they were arrested by Deputy Marshals and DC Metropolitan Police officers.