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p8LVQ TIL spiders tune their webs like guitar strings, tightening and loosening strands so they can read the different frequencies caused by intruders and determine where/how big the intruders are, if they are predator or prey, or if they’re just a potential mate flirtatiously strumming their strings.
1aZ6X TIL that if you blow gently into a baby's face, she takes a big gulp of air and holds her breath for a second. This is called the bradycardic reflex and is useful for swimming lessons, washing babies face in the tub, and a brief quick crying interruption.
gr6AW TIL orcas cultural fads. In the 1980s one such fad was wearing dead salmon as hats. It spread to three separate Pacific pods before suddenly going out of style.
QN0a9 Today I learned Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has held an annual buggy race since 1920. (There is someone inside the buggy steering)
ZpWKD TIL that across Cheers, Frasier, and the 2023 Frasier revival, Kelsey Grammer has played the character Frasier Crane in over 500 episodes—the most of any character in U.S. sitcom history.