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TIL there are carnivorous caterpillars that wear the skins of their prey.

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8b7P TIL in a 3-day-long 2002 theater hostage situation, Russian forces pumped an unknown gas into the ventilation system that caused everyone inside to fall unconscious. Troops were able to kill the 40 militants while they were blacked out, saving nearly 800 people with minimal casualties.
N7pwE TIL that The 'super-banana,' a genetically modified fruit from Australia that contains increased levels of vitamin A, could help prevent thousands of Ugandan children from going blind and dying from Vitamin A deficiencies
mePR TIL of Shiori Ino, a Japanese college student who was murdered by her stalker. Her attempts to seek help from the police were met with rejection, as senior officers feared that having unresolved cases would “hurt their standings.”
0daoj TIL about the International Fixed Calendar, it is a calendar system that has 13 months each with 28 days. Making the year 364 days long, with an additional holiday at the end of the year to keep seasons from shifting months over time as well as having leap years with 366 days.
JwJm [TIL] The study findings from a Secret Service study on school shootings revealed that there is no “profile” of a school shooter; instead, the students who carried out the attacks differed from one another in numerous ways.