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TIL a larger number of bumper stickers on a car indicates a higher likelihood of being involved in a road rage incident.

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D1aXV TIL ants will refuse “medical” help from their colony if they know they are mortally wounded. Rather than waste the colony’s resources and energy on futile rehabilitation, the wounded ant flails its legs forcing help to abandon them.
lordV TIL That More Than A Year Before Him And Dylan Klebold Murdered 13 People At Columbine High School, There Was A Warrant Drafted To Search Eric Harris's Home Because Of Death Threats He Made To Another Student. It Was Never Submitted To A Judge
P1ZBn TIL although that some sharks do indeed need to be constantly moving, most species of shark have the ability to pump water over their gills and thus respire at rest.
orLW TIL that the word doppelganger, commonly used to refer to someone’s look-alike, is actually a German word meaning “double-walker” referring to paranormal duplicates of a real person.
mxgoO TIL Some of the oldest preserved female litterature come from poems by early Buddhist nuns in 6th century BCE (2500 years ago!). The women express their spiritual equality to men, and issues such as child mortality. They also discuss the role and abilities women in society