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TIL Crickets can chew through fiberglass window screens.

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Me11b TIL that when someone is poor from spending their money on luxuries instead of necessities, they are living in "secondary poverty".
BrYbD TIL Doreen Lioy sent serial killer Richard Ramirez 75 letters in 11 years while he was in jail. The minute she saw his mugshot on the TV, she noticed something “captivating” in his eyes. Ramirez proposed to her, and the courtship continued for the next 9 years before the two got married.
Wd6X TIL while the overall crime rate in the US fell 45% between 1990 and 2012, the rate of imprisonment rose by 222% between 1980 and 2012. The per capita cost per inmate rose 250% in that same time period.
8k44 TIL that, when petting a bird, one should pet only the head. For some birds, petting the chest is a form of sexual stimulation and can lead to a frustrated animal.
LnL9 TIL that David (of the Bible’s David & Goliath) declared that he loved his friend, Jonathan, “more than any woman”. But many Christians refuse to accept any possibility that it could’ve been a gay relationship.