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TIL in 2010 a homeless man saved a woman from a knife attack in New York. He was stabbed trying to help, yet still chased the assailant before collapsing from his wounds. CCTV cameras captured over 20 people walk past him. Some stared, none helped. He later died on the sidewalk where he fell.

5VQ8n TIL Many EVs lack AM receivers, including all Tesla vehicles. Due to their electric motors causing interference on the AM band.
wLyb1 TIL in 1992 when a container of yellow rubber ducks, fell into the Pacific Ocean, it allowed scientists to gain insight into a hidden world of ocean currents. Over the years, the ducks washed up on several different continents, revealing a worldwide network of currents, that had been invisible.
pjYA TIL Concerned about the number of cobras in Delhi, British colonial officials created a bounty, only to discover secret cobra farms created to collect the bounty. When the officials shut down the program the farms released their snakes, meaning they had far more cobras than before they started.
woE81 TIL some moth caterpillars make sounds to avoid being eaten or tasted. They are among animals that advertise or signal to potential predators they are not worth attacking through colours, sounds, odours, or other characteristics that warn about being unpalatable or poisonous
4KY6 TIL that bonobos, while sharing 99% of our DNA, are wildly homosexual and have sex for nearly any reason. Anything that arouses the interest of more than one at a time tends to result in sexual contact.