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TIL “cracker” as an insult means “one who cracks the whip”.

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LQwdr TIL that elephants can use vibrations they create in the ground by rumbling to communicate with other elephants
DQNdJ TIL that an insurance agent in Singapore had poached more than 200 agents to join a rival insurance company and was ordered by court to pay $8.5 million to his former insurance company
N7va6 TIL as many as 55% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage -- most often before a woman misses a menstrual period or even knows she is pregnant and that more than 80% of miscarriages occur within the first three months of pregnancy, mostly caused by chromosomal abnormalities.
1ayvX TIL about the Eight Immortals, members of the Communist Party of China who held substantial power during the late 20th century. Their descendants possess extensive wealth, outrank and possess greater prestige than most party officials due to their lineage, and can overrule most party decisions.
a7do TIL in 2002, Christopher Dorner and a classmate found a bag containing $8,000 that belonged to the ‘Enid Korean Church of Grace’. They turned it into the police. When asked their motive, Dorner said “It’s an integrity thing. My mother taught me honesty and integrity.”