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TIL of the Assassin Bug, a bug that wears its victims bodies as armor.

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MvA Til pinball was illegal in NYC for over 30 years
epN1k TIL that South Africa used to issue permits for Boer farmers to hunt the San people (bushmen), the last permit was issued in 1936
0OmR TIL helium molecules are so small that they bleed through the rubber in balloons, causing them to deflate and become floppy, unfloaty & sad.
PYyKe TIL when future US President Herbert Hoover was born in 1874, his father announced the news by saying, "We have another General Grant at our house!", referencing the incumbent chief executive. This rural Iowan blacksmith would die nearly fifty years before his son fulfilled the prediction.
Zwwa TIL that, adjusted for inflation, the U.S. federal minimum wage has dropped 20% from 1967 to 2010