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TIL insect antennae are often called 'feelers' because the insect waves them around. This is a misnomer because they are not only used for touch. The antennae are actually the insect’s 'nose' - they are used for the sense of smell. The paired antennae are made up of a number of individual joints.

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MeEGA TIL in the midst of anti-Vietnam War protests, President Nixon left the White House to talk to the protesters face-to-face. When the Secret Service grew concerned for his safety, he told them to wait.
yO4e TIL 1997 Britain required civilians to surrender almost all privately owned handguns to the police. More than 162,000 handguns and 1.5 million pounds of ammunition were confiscated, however the British homicide rate continued to increase, rising 50% by 2002
oaER TIL that Coors Beer was not available east of the Mississippi until the 1980s. Its rarity made the beer coveted elsewhere; travelers often took cases when leaving the western US. The film ‘Smokey and the Bandit’, about smuggling Coors, added to the beer’s mystique.
d8Zdr TIL of the SS Pacific, a trans-Atlantic steamer that disappeared on a routine voyage between Liverpool and New York in 1856. In 1861, a message in a bottle released by a doomed passenger describing the ship sinking due to icebergs washed ashore in the Hebrides- solving the mystery.
err6 TIL: Hitler was a creepy uncle to his Niece Geli Raubal, forbidding her to marry, having her accompanied everywhere and practically keeping her prisoner until she committed suicide in 1931, after which Hitler called her “The only woman he ever loved”