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

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pwbA TIL: That in 1933, former President George W. Bush’s Grandfather; Prescott Bush led a group of wealthy industrialists in a campaign to topple the US Gov’t. during the FDR Administration and install a Fascist Dictatorship.
rRwNw TIL Ben Carpenter was pushed at 50 mph for 6 km in a wheelchair by a semi-truck
Oodv6 TIL, the phrase "balls to the wall" originated from early aircraft pilots and their ball-ended throttle levers and actually has nothing to do with testicles.
KYgW4 TIL The cornea is one of only two parts of the human body without blood vessels. The cornea is the clear part of the eye that covers the pupil and other parts of the eye. It gets its oxygen directly from the atmosphere. The other part is cartilage.
R5en7 TIL the reputation of pigeons as "dirty" is fairly recent. The abundance of food in postwar North America attracted pigeons to cities, where their large numbers led to a large amount of defecation. Before that, juvenile pigeon meat, known as "squab", was a popular food source throughout the world.