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TIL that some butterflies drink tears to survive
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TIL William Leonard Pickard, manufacturer of more than 90% of the world's LSD supply in the '90s, predicted the Fentanyl crisis 20 years prior to it happening.
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TIL that Velvet Worms are suggested to locate their prey through smell or air motion. Once located, the Velvet Worm reveals two limbs which act as glue turrets that shoot a slime-rich jet and immobilizes the prey long enough for the Velvet Worm to inject enzymes and begin eating
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TIL Robin Hood is often depicted as wearing “Lincoln Green”, colored clothes. These were dyed from the important clothing town Lincoln, in England and would date his tales to the early or mid 16th century.
drNB
TIL that German ww2 pilots in North Africa would fix bottles of Coca Cola to the underside of their wings so the drink would cool at high altitude, then be ready to drink after landing.
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TIL in March 6, 2010 a blind hiker set on the Appalachian trail with a goal to inspire other visually impaired people. Seven months later, he finished hiking the 1,700 miles using only a cellphone, GPS open-source software, and hearing to locate camps, trailheads, and water sites.