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TIL that pillbugs, aka roly pollies, aren't insects, but are actually crustaceans and have gills

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oBjrK TIL of the Biderman Flag, the only known Confederate flag captured in California during the Civil War
KbVR TIL that Worcestershire sauce is the result of a British recreation of Indian sauces.
p8kMe TIL of Doug Tompkins, a high school drop-out and the co-founder of North Face and Esprit. He eventually sold both businesses and started to do conservation work in South America with his second wife, former CEO of Patagonia. A very experienced outdoorsman, he died from hypothermia while kayaking.
1aB4P TIL of the Somerton Man Mystery, a case in which a man was found dead on an Australian beach, with a piece of paper that lead to a book with indentations of a ciphered text. Cause of death unknown, and despite international assistance, he was never identified.
E1Zjp TIL between 1990 and 2007, robots took the jobs of an estimated 670,000 US workers.