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TIL That Lobsters Communicate By Peeing At Each Others Faces

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NX6JJ TIL of Victoria Cilliers - a woman who survived a 4,000 foot fall after she went skydiving and both her parachutes failed. It was later revealed that her husband was responsible for tampering with them and had tried to kill her. Victoria would go on to give key testimony at her husband’s trial.
pVnZ TIL the copyright for the song “Happy Birthday to You” expires in the EU on December 31st, 2016
69yM8 TIL that Scrooge McDuck was canonically 80yo at his first appearance in 1947. Today he's 158.
9YLpB TIL men walk significantly slower when walking with a woman, but only when that woman is their romantic partner. If she's a friend or acquaintance they go at almost full speed.
D1xGp TIL Airman Marcus McDilda, shot down Aug. 8, 1945, was interrogated by the Japanese about the U.S. atomic arsenal. McDilda, knowing nothing, "confessed" under torture that America had 100 more bombs and that Tokyo was next. Confident he was telling the truth, the Japanese surrendered.