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TIL That Cockroaches are rapidly developing immunity to pesticides and passing it on to their young. Scientists that foused the roaches with two different pesticides failed to control them, with three, they were able to control the population but not kill.

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7ZoX TIL that during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII, a local railway station changed hands from Soviet to German control 14 times in six hours.
9YZ7D TIL on April 1st, 1993 a San Diego Radio station reported that the space shuttle Discovery had to make an emergency landing at the local airport at 8:30 am. Over 1000 people headed for the landing site to catch a glimpse, crowding the airport and causing traffic jams. It was an April Fools hoax.
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