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wobQ8 TIL It is a myth that people swallow spiders in their sleep
M7AR0 TIL that every 50 years, the flowering of a species of bamboo in Northeast India and Northwest Myanmar causes a ''flood'' of black rats that feed on the nutritious bamboo seeds and widespread famine. The last bloom was in 2006.
P186O TIL: Cryonics actually exists, but works only on smaller animals
xVjvB TIL Avedis Zildjian Company is an American-based cymbal manufacturer founded in Turkey in 1623. It is one of the oldest companies in the world, the second oldest continuously operating company in the United States, and the largest cymbal manufacturer in the world
D1Kwv TIL barn owls are often mistaken for aliens. The incredible birds have a series of spooky-looking adaptations that help them survive and thrive in the wild, including long legs under all those feathers.