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TIL of the ‘flic-flac’ desert spider - so called because of it’s ability to double its speed by cartwheeling out of danger

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9Wdp TIL the guy who wrote and directed the movies “Jeepers Creepers” and “Jeepers Creepers 2” is a convicted sex offender for video taping and raping a 12 year old boy. 10 years after he got out of prison he was given 27 million to make these two movies.
QRZL TIL Laron Syndrome, a type of dwarfism, makes its carriers immune to diabetes and cancer.
0wdJA TIL That Hydrogen Peroxide, commonly used to treat wounds, can cause scarring and inhibit wound healing.
e08kL TIL Not only do bats make high-pitched sounds for echolocation, many bat species also sing. A team of scientists that analyzed one species’ song translated it as a sequence that opens with a hello, then a gender identification, then some geographic information, & then a "let's talk" section.
PYjmL TIL in 1965 CIA tried placing a nuclear powered sensing device atop Mt.Nanda Devi in India, to spy on Chinese nuclear testing, only to loose it within an year and it hasn't been recovered yet. Couple of years later the device was placed atop Mt. Nanda Kot instead.