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TIL 54% of the U.S. Senate Represents 17.8% of the National Population

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N86E TIL some moths make noises similar to bat echolocation, which scares female moths into sitting perfectly still, making them an easier target for mating.
9w086 TIL Scientists have developed tactile hologram technology that can be felt and interacted
70mP TIL a 57yo Japanese man has been learning to SCUBA dive specifically so he can look for his wife’s remains after she was presumably swept away during the 2011 tsunami. He says her last email to him was “… I want to go home”, and he is determined to make that happen.
DQ7Ar TIL that former olympic diver Hal Prieste stole the original Olympic flag as a prank at the 1920 Summer Olympics and returned it 80 years later in a special ceremony held at the 2000 Summer Olympics
eKGL TIL the phrase “I’ll be a monkey’s uncle” originally comes from people expressing anti-darwinian sentiments.