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TIL butterflies are often unintentionally drawn to look like they're dead

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v1JwK An image of a clearly ecstatic tigress hugging an ancient Manchurian fir tree in a remote Siberian forest has won one of the world’s most prestigious photography prizes.
b6oa9 TIL that Julia Child started off working for the OSS (proto-CIA), where she helped develop a shark repellent
m1waO TIL that the destroyed appearance of the Parthenon was not due to time, but an explosion caused by a cannonball in 1687
GYJeE TIL Plato attempted to describe how the world came into being in his dialogue "Timaeus". Plato first argues that since the sensible world “is always becoming and is never real,” it must have come to be, and therefore must have a cause. This cause he calls “the maker and father of the universe”
neKvW TIL ten years ago (June 2, 2010) baseball pitcher Armando Galarraga nearly became the 21st person to pitch a perfect game. However umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly ruled that opposing team batter Jason Donald reached first base safely on a ground ball.