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TIL: Rhinos are evolving smaller horns to avoid being a target for poachers.

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wLPLM TIL about the bradycardic response, a phenomenon where infants, when submerged in water, reflexively hold their breath as their heart rate slows and any water ingested is directed to the stomach. This reflex disappears around 6 months of age.
edo5 TIL that 88% of execution by lethal injection go underdosed, with 43% having post-portem concentration indicating awareness.
Lkded TIL that Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was the only General to storm the beaches of Normandy in the first wave. He walked the beach with his cane, waiving his pistol, and rallied the troops. He would receive the Medal of Honor for his actions on Utah Beach.
0wpeL TIL in the 1970s when John Williams first demonstrated the two-note "Jaws" danger theme to director Steven Spielberg, he laughed, thinking it was a joke. Spielberg later said the movie would have been only half as successful without Williams.
OGaD1 TIL in 1958 Two Pilots Flew A Cessna 172 For 64 Days Straight, Refueling By Flying Over A Gas Truck On A Road.