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It happens to everyone. You might be walking back from grabbing a drink at your favourite neighbourhood watering hole, strolling through a dense forest, or even merely getting up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom when you hear that squishy sound. An ant, a cockroach, a beetle, a centipede, or whatever it used to be, is stuck to the bottom of your foot. Did the bug feel pain when it exploded? Did it feel fear? Did it even have time to be scared? If it had time, would it have done something or said something to any of its bug buddies?

D14Dp TIL an octopus named Otto caused an aquarium power outage by climbing to the edge of his tank and shooting a jet of water at a bright light that was annoying him. He's also been seen juggling hermit crabs, throwing rocks at the glass and re-arranging his tank surroundings.
Vw0Q TIL elephants are the only other mammals that have death rituals
MeGmK TIL A study found prejudice affects our abilities- When Asian girls were reminded of their ethnicity they did better at math, but when they were reminded of their gender, they did worse.
9wJkQ TIL Jason Derulo’s stage name is a pronunciation respelling of his surname, Desrouleaux
gywX TIL That AT&T was so big in 1982, that is was forced to break up into smaller companies, 2 of the companies became Verizon