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TIL the Amur Falcon coordinates his migration with the migration of the Globe Skimmer Dragonfly so as to feed on the wing over the Indian ocean.

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J1YOm TIL that it’s illegal to own more than 6 dildos (or artificial vaginas) in the state of Texas.
Me6jm TIL 'Tarantula' is derived from the name of the Italian town Taranto, home of the dance called the tarentella. During the Middle Ages the tarentella was thought to be the way to cure the bite of a particular spider. The symptoms included exhibitionism, melancholia and delirium.
p8woe TIL venomous and poisonous are different. If you bite it and die, it is poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it is venomous.
JN8m TIL Israel’s first nuclear weapons were made from Uranium it had stolen from the United States
ebjk TIL that in 1940 the first British paratroops were trained by stunt men because parachuting was rare and considered a “circus stunt”