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

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VVjm TIL : In 1976 Shavarsh Karapetyan , an Armenian ten-time finswimming World Record-breaker. Saved 20 people from the bottom of an ice cold river when a trolleybus fell down of a dam wall.
78kx7 TIL about the way Aussie's favorable "Lamb Shank" plate resembles one of the basic traditional Persian cuisine's dinner dish called Baghali Polo ba Mahiche. Cultural affinities enchant me!
9Yv8D TIL that in the late Middle Ages, books were so valuable that libraries would chain them to the bookcase. This was widely practised until the 18th century.
p8oDZ TIL that according to one 2016 analysis, 69 of the world's 100 largest economies were corporations. Walmart was 10th largest, and Toyota was larger than India.
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