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M76dm TIL praying mantises can hear frequencies above the range of human hearing, and are the only animals with one ear.
4krR TIL that Socrates’ would walk, according to historians, with “ a swagger so intimidating that enemy soldiers kept their distance” and “barefoot and unwashed, carrying a stick and looking arrogant”
KOKna TIL: During the 2008 recession, WHO and CDC reported an increase of 5,000 suicides in the first year per country.
N58e TIL Chris Rock snuck a copy of the Pamela Anderson sex tape to a 15 year old Make-A-Wish boy that was dying of cancer. [video@13:00]
BrWnW TIL that this is the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre where the British gunned down 1500 peaceful Indian protesters in 10 minutes. Colonel Dryer, the man who ordered the massacre said he “wanted to punish Indians for disobedience.”