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TIL mantis shrimps can punch with the force of a bullet. They have one of the fastest and the most powerful punches in nature.

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6E8R7 TIL in 1960, an Australian father won nearly $3 million (adjusted AU$) in the lottery, with his picture getting plastered all over the news. Shortly after, his 8-year-old son was kidnapped for ransom and eventually murdered. This changed anonymity laws for lottery winners in Australia forever.
pgWQ TIL that the gothic rock band Theatre of Ice decided to break up after they were kidnapped by a group of fans who believed the band could help them summon demons
6Ya8 TIL in 2012 a cat called Pudding saved his owner’s life the same night he was adopted. The owner had a diabetic seizure in her sleep. Pudding brought her back to consciousness, ran into her son’s room and pounced on him until he woke up and called for medical assistance.
6QYl TIL that late at night, when astronomer Harlow Shapley discovered our sun was not near the center of the Milky Way, he found the only other person in the building, a cleaning lady, and explained his discovery, and said that they were the only two people on Earth that understood it.
pagO TIL Burning Mountain in Australia is the site of a coal fire which has been burning for 6,000 years.