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TIL Praying mantises rarely eat their mates in the wild; it primarily happens in captivity under stressful conditions.

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An5B TIL A D.A.R.E Cop was caught selling 414 Ecstasy Pills and 50 Bottles of Ketamine to an undercover cop from a different town. The Dare Cop was also a son of a Former Police Captain and lived in a house owned by the retired Police Captain.
8aQba TIL Dolphins sleep by resting one side of the brain at a time. This allows them to continue rising to the surface for air and to keep an eye open to watch out for predators.
MaA7 TIL there is a group which offers free cover-up tattoos to victims of human trafficking, who are sometimes tattooed with large barcodes by their captors.
8eNxa TIL: The world’s oldest wooden wheel has been around for somewhere between 5,100 and 5,350 years. Discovered near Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2002, it was determined to be the oldest through radiocarbon dating, showcasing the advanced state of craftsmanship thousands of years ago.
LQ0xm TIL that millennial dads are spending 3 times as much times with their kids than their fathers spent with them. Back in 1982, 43% of fathers admitted they'd never changed a diaper. Today, that number is down to about 3%.