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TIL that sometimes pathological liars can end up believing their own lies.

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l7M6A TIL that bumblebees can fly higher than the peak of Mt. Everest. Researchers put the bees in plexiglass chambers where they simulated different altitudes. While all bees were capable of flying at over 24,278 ft (7,400 m), two bees were capable of hovering at over 29,527 ft (9,000 m).
kJJB7 TIL In the sexual embrace, called amplexus, the male toad clasps the female from behind. The pair swims about as the female, swollen with eggs, selects a site for depositing them. As several thousand eggs are expelled from the female's body in jelly-like strings, the male fertilizes them with sperm
R7g09 TIL that the worst building collapse in history killed 1100 in 2013. The building owner had bribed many official and investigators to conceal the many irregularities during construction. In the resulting trial, the owner was given just six months bail.
LkbNZ TIL that in rare cases, traumatic brain injuries can cause FAS, or foreign-accent syndrome. This results in a patient's native speech taking on entirely new tone, or accent.
BrLwe TIL Snickers used to be called Marathon bars, and were renamed because of the Mars bar