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TIL female dragonflies fake their own deaths to avoid having sex

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a86M TIL there was a harbor seal capable of imitating basic human speech, mimicking his owner’s most uttered phrase: “Hey, get outta here!”
VAQ0 TIL that an Ethiopian girl was kidnapped and attacked until a pride of lions chased her attackers off and stayed to defend her until help arrived!
awmmM TIL: There's a skyscraper with a Ferris wheel built in. The first-of-its-kind ride is mounted over 300 feet above street level. Plans for the project fell through and the building currently stands empty.
XEMPE TIL Some Chimp infants have been observed caring for rocks like human children care for dolls. This implies that, like humans, chimpanzees are capable of imagination
ADKEl TIL if you run out of bandages, know that you could—but probably wouldn't want to—reach for the cobwebs in your basement as an alternative. Cobwebs actually have natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, and were used in ancient Greece and Rome by physicians to make bandages.