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TIL that some species of moth can jam bat echolocation by producing ultrasonic clicks at a very high rate

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v1r4K TIL that the grippy texture on metal tools is called Knurling
Z8XMQ TIL during the Salem Witch Trials, when Sarah Good was asked to confess at her execution, she told minister Nicholas Noyes "You are a liar! I am no more a witch than you are a wizard, and if you take away my life God will give you blood to drink”. 25 years later, Noyes died of a haemorrhage.
WXlA TIL that in the 1980s the Naval Investigative Service undertook a massive and futile search for a woman named “Dorothy” in the Chicago area, after hearing gay men refer to themselves as “friends of Dorothy”. They believed she was at the center of a ring of gay military personnel.
yVLPv TIL Babe Ruth became a shirtmaker as a teenager while attending a reformatory/orphanage. Even during his baseball career, he adjusted his own shirt collars, rather than have a tailor do it
6E1KQ TIL Salvador Dali would avoid paying restaurant bills by drawing on the checks. No one would cash the checks because the drawing would be too valuable.