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TIL that in the winters, brown bears produce less amounts of a protein called HSP47 to prevent them from developing blood clots during hibernation.

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Lrxv TIL that in the poorest areas of Africa, people wave oiled-up pans in the air, so that Midge Flies stick to it. After catching enough bugs, they are scraped off and cooked into a meatball. Catching the flies with the pan is very entertaining for the kids in the village.
JYApl TIL during 2005 in Glendale, CA a suicidal man parked his car in front of a commuter train. The train derailed and collided with two additional trains resulting in over a 100 casualties. The man survived and was sentenced to life without parole.
BrxnW TIL there are more people in modern Italy than in the entire Roman empire at its peak
Me7j0 TIL CNBC ranks the worst states in the USA
WkAM8 TIL Antony Van Leeuwenhoek made lenses for his microscope, which had up to 300X magnification. He is credited with discovering bacteria, protists, nematodes, and spermatozoa, among other things. He examined and drew the “animalcules” of his own semen after sex