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TIL there is a species of jumping spider in Africa which specializes in feeding on blood-filled female mosquitoes.

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KO0Ya TIL about Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME) who delivered a 1950 Senate floor speech ("Declaration of Conscience") against McCarthyism - while he was seated behind her. McCarthy removed her from a subcommittee and financed her (unsuccessful) primary challenger. She voted for his censure in 1954.
VMYWB TIL that after the last bucardo - a wild goat species - died, scientists brought a clone to life, making the bucardo the first species to become de-extinct. The clone died after seven minutes, also making it the first species to go extinct twice.
d8k0E TIL that it's possible that Orcas' senses are so developed that they can tell a woman is pregnant before she can.
l7O11 TIL: one scientific theory states that the passage of time is due to the universe (space) expanding. As the universe expands, it pulls time with it because space and time are linked as one. But this implies that if expansion stopped and the universe started contracting that time would reverse
nWX5b TIL that boxer Max Schmeling who was branded a pawn of The Third Reich for defeating Joe Louis, actually sheltered Jewish children during Kristallnacht.