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TIL Pill bugs are actually crustaceans, not insects

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R77r7 TIL There is an Indian village named "Piplantri", which celebrates the birth of every girl child. by planting 111 trees.
OGQKa TIL Forest Whitaker has an identical twin brother who also happens to an actor!
neNRG TIL doctors are purposely tripping the elderly to make them more fall resistant. The therapy involves hooking them into a harness and having trainers shove/nudge/trip them off balance. The harness keeps them from falling and getting hurt while the exercises help train muscles for better balance.
kO0j4 TIL of Colleen Lachowicz who during her run for state Senate in Maine came under political attack for having played World of Warcraft and therefore being out-of-touch with reality and living in a "fantasy world." Colleen ending up winning the Senate seat.
E5y7 TIL The man who invented aikido was a samurai who became a pacifist & refused to fight for Japanese imperialism. He then became a hermit, lived on a mountain sitting under a tree.