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TIL The US government dropped leaflets in Japan during WW2, warning civilians of impending nuclear attacks and advising them to evacuate.

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LEpP TIL “Killing Season” is a British medical term used to describe the time around August, when the newly qualified doctors join the National Health Service
4kkjX TIL that the viceroy caterpillar camouflages itself as bird poop to avoid predation.
P1EZg TIL Edmund Kemper helped a nonprofit called Volunteers of Vacaville in reading/recording books for blind people to listen to. He logged over 5000 hours between 1977-1987 but stopped in 2015 after a stroke.
4XoOo TIL a Cheetah bite will barely puncture an animals skin. Their relatively small jaws and teeth make it hard to effectively kill prey. A Cheetah kills by asphyxiation, which could take up to 5 to 25 minutes.
gM7b TIL that a crucial section of the Quran may have been mistranslated. According to a scholar of ancient Semitic languages, the 72 virgins that await martyrs in paradise are actually 72 white raisins.