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TIL that J.C. Maxwell, inventor of color photography and founder of theory of electromagnetism, killed alot of cats by throwing them out of windows to find the precise height from where the cat couldn’t land on its feet anymore.

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0dQrj TIL of the most enigmatic structure in cell biology: the Vault. Often missing from science text books due to the mysterious nature of their existence, it has been 40 years since the discovery of these giant, half-empty structures, produced within nearly every cell, of every animals, on the planet.
pAD4 TIL only one person has ever been executed by the state of Wisconsin. The public execution was so graphic and horrible that Wisconsin abolished the death penalty two years later.
4y6R TIL that some fruit flies have sperm cells up to 5.8 cm (2.3 inches) long
bdAZ TIL 92 high ranking officials (judges, lawyers, policemen, and a state legislator) were arrested & indicted in the Chicago area for corruption; including profiting from murder, bribery, racketeering, etc. Operation Greylord involved the first listening device ever placed in a judge’s chambers.
M7geV TIL a millipede species that actually has 1000+ legs was first described in 2021, living 50 - 200 ft (15 - 60 m) underground in Western Australia