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TIL that dragonflies are the most effective predator in the animal world

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l7lkB TIL that by 400 BC, Persians had developed Yakhchal, Ancient Refrigerators capable of storing solid ice in the summer in the desert
4XkAR TIL that fingers don't wrinkle because of water absorption, but because of an autonomic reflex action controlled by nerves
pY1dN TIL that on August 23, 1968 a pig named Pigasus was nominated for President of the United States by the Youth International Party (the Yippies) during the protests leading up to and during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL.
RYE8 TIL Gene Roddenberry was asked to write a series early in his career called Riverboat, set in 1860s Mississippi. When he discovered that the producers wanted no black people on the show, he argued so much with them that he lost his job.
PWGO TIL Portugal decriminalised the possession of all drugs for personal use in 2001. The reality is that Portugal’s drug situation has improved. Most notably, HIV infections and drug-related deaths have decreased, while the dramatic rise in use feared by some has failed to materialize.