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TIL Pistol Shrimp is one of the loudest animal on the earth.

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MeO9W TIL West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) deemed it unconstitutional to force ordinary citizens to participate in patriotic rituals. The initial case was for refusal due to religious reasons, but the ruling was generalized to allow all forms of refusal.
jNvYv TIL : Women distinguish colors better and Men excel at tracking fast moving objects
W7emo Today I learned that the Japanese built a large war memorial in Hong Kong during their brutal three year occupation during WW2
jNabn TIL that the largest amount of money ever stolen in a mugging is £291 million, stolen from a Bank of England courier in 1990 in an operation that involved the Five Families, the IRA, and Columbian drug lords
XbD6 TIL Time doesn’t actually (even perceivably) appear to slow down during life threatening situations - the brain simply makes more dense and detailed memories of the event which makes it seem in retrospect to have lasted longer.