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TIL that millions of spiders completely cocooned trees in silk after the unprecedented 2010 flooding in Pakistan.

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epaog TIL that the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina has what's called a "high representative" which is an unelected official chosen by the "Peace Implementation Council" after the Bosnian war. The high representative has the power to remove elected officials from their posts.
vP6Xr TIL Fig wasps die inside of female figs to pollinate them. If the fig is male they lay eggs inside and the circle of life continues.
drVK TIL a bull in India waited and gored an old man to death when an opportunity came a day after the latter had thrown hot water on it. Then the bull followed the man when he was being taken to a hospital and later reached the crematorium during his funeral
e08vE TIL Dogs know what time it is based off of scent
vPdg8 TIL The French cartoonist Nadar was the first person to take aerial photographs, shooting from a balloon, and the first to take photographs underground, taking pictures of the Paris Catacombs.