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TIL: India make up about half of all scam calls in 2022

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ADAm7 TIL Greenland sharks are the longest living vertebrates on Earth with one female being carbon dated at about 400 years old. The sharks grow at just 1cm a year, and reach sexual maturity at about the age of 150.
9EyQ TIL that the standard-sized paper sheet in the western world (A4) is based on a factor of √2. The reason for this is so if you fold it lengthwise every time, it maintains the same length-to-width ratio, large or small.
jNwZj TIL Japanese, but not European, honeybees can “slow cook” giant hornets to death, when they attack the hive. They do this by forming a giant swarm, a “bee ball”, around the hornet and vibrate their flight muscles to create heat. They warm the area up to 116°F, slowly “cooking” the hornet to death.
ZD0o TIL there was a nightly firefall at Yosemite for 88 years.
xVVyg TIL the United States has released or pardoned more people for treason than it has executed.