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TIL that a preying mantis can kill a hummingbird by stabbing its leg through the bird’s chest.

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VMvYG TIL the land of Sheba (as in the place whose Queen was in both the Bible and the Quran) is now modern day Ethiopia.
WWMY TIL of “Nayirah”, a girl who gave an emotionally charged but false testimony before congress of atrocities she witnessed in Kuwait, but who turned out to be the daughter of a US Ambassador and engaged in a propaganda campaign [Video in Comments]
dZkZ TIL Australia fought a war against their own Emus, and lost.
OGAkL TIL that modern US Marine Corp infantry organization, tactics, training, and the even the slogan Gungho are inspired by the experiences of Gen Evans Carlson during the time he spent visiting with Chinese Comminist guerillas during WWII.
yY4w TIL that if Louisiana was its own country, it would have the highest incarceration rate in the world.