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TIL one of the largest cockroaches in the world is called Megaloblatta longipennis

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e0aX5 TIL that the slave codes in the south forbade slave owners from educating their slaves. The rationale was that if a slave were literate, he could forge a pass and evade capture by slave patrols.
oBKBE TIL in 2004 a man had his head brutally smashed with an axe on his sleep. He woke up like normal and adrenaline kept him up as he did his routine. He used the sink,did dishes and made breakfast while bleeding out. He was locked out while picking the newspaper and died trying to find the spare key
kyZg TIL one can smell fear. A chemical pheromone is released in their sweat when people are afraid, and other people can smell, even if they are unaware of it.
mKkE TIL that Emiratis only make up 13% of their own country’s population. Since it takes 20 years of residency to obtain UAE citizenship, 87% of the population remains expatriates.
BPrd TIL President Lincoln signed a mandatory draft law that allowed the rich to buy their way out.