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TIL that some moths have a "stealth coating" that acts as an acoustic form of camouflage against bat predators. This scaly coating dampens the sound of their wings and helps them hide from an echolocating bat’s “view” of the night sky

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Aj7B TIL when Roberta Williams was asked how she felt about being a popular woman in gaming, she replied, “I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer; I don’t put myself into gender mode when designing a game.”
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OG9yL TIL that the Filet-O-Fish was invented by Lou Groen in a predominantly Catholic neighborhood due to the practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays. His Filet-O-Fish and Ray Kroc’s “Hula Burger” (pineapple with cheese on a bun) competed for sales every Friday and Groen’s creation “won hands down.”
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