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TIL Early humans hunted by chasing animals until they collapsed from overheating. Some tribes in Africa still do this today.

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6E077 TIL that there is one animal that can literally save its ass (for a while) by getting rid of it. An Argentinian scorpion called Ananteris balzanii removes its poisonous tail to hurt his foes, but loses his anus in the process. The result: his life is lengthened a bit but he gets chronic constipation
gMR99 TIL: Hoping to make the visitor experience more memorable, a museum added "sniffing stations" to its dinosaur exhibit. Scientific thought went into simulating (among other scents) Tyrannosaurus rex' bad breath.
9YEPX TIL the HMS Perseus submarine, was hit and sunk on December 6, 1941. John Capes and 3 others opened the escape hatch, and using an early type of oxygen breather, swam 170ft to the surface. Capes was the only survivor. He then spent 18 months on a Greek island evading capture from the Italian army.
OomlY TIL that Australian billionaire Clive Palmer had a development plan he wanted to keep secret, so the architect jokingly labelled the block of land as "dinosaur park". After newspapers worldwide reported that they were planning to clone dinosaurs, 500 scientists applied to be involved in the process
Wkwv4 TIL of a man who escaped prison so many times that a special maximum security prison was built for him. After it, the Governor made a promise to him "If you get out again, I'll forgive you". And of course he escaped again, and the Governor kept his word and set him free.