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TIL That in the Amazon, butterflies will drink the tears of turtles to provide necessary sodium in their diet.

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0XpL TIL in 1982,a Chinese American man named Vincent Chin was beaten to death by Chrysler plant superintendent Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nit because they were out of work due to competition from Japanese auto-makers. In the end, they were sentenced to three years probation and a $3000 fine.
8e0oX TIL There's a parasite that affects salmon that is related to jellyfish and is the only multicellular animal that doesn't need oxygen. It's been hypothesized that they initially were jellyfish cancer that escaped their host and evolved separately.
4VWR TIL dolphins protected a group of humans from a 4m white shark by circling the group and forming a protective shield
eglL TIL many prominent historians have good proof that before the industrial revolution, most people slept in two periods per day, rather than one continuous period of nightly sleep
8Dpa TIL Desmond Doss is the first and only conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. During the Battle of Okinawa, he aided and saved the lives of 75 wounded infantrymen. He did not carry a weapon or kill enemy soldiers.