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TIL Female dragonflies fake their own deaths to avoid males harassing them for sex

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kra5 TIL that there is a counterfeit egg industry in China, and one person can make approximately 1500 of them per day.
LQ5ZQ TIL A person can carry upto 20% of their mass on their head without using any additional energy.
N7MKM TIL a carpenter in Latvia made a "Rabbit Village" with more than 65 breeds of rabbits and 30+ miniature houses done in the traditional Latvian style.
7rJKL TIL that in response to the cholera outbreak of 1854, Chicago engineers decided to install a sewage system by raising the grade of the city by up to 14 feet. That is, they literally put buildings on stilts and buried the new sewer pipes under the buildings.
LQoxV TIL that almost 40% of the schizophrenics die from complications of cardiovascular disease which is seen to be increasingly associated