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TIL The horned dung beetle is the strongest insect in the world, hundreds of times stronger than an ant

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GPAQ TIL Robert H Richards IV, the wealthy heir to the Du Pont fortune, was convicted of raping his toddler daughter but was never imprisoned as he would “not fare well” in jail
yVJ9a TIL of Saint Pedro de Arbués, arguably the patron saint of killing Jews. He was a Spanish Inquisitor assassinated by the Jews he tried to oppress. He canonized as a saint in in 1867 by Pope Pius IX for his actions against the Jews.
WQZo TIL: The boss, not the workload, causes workplace depression: It is not a big workload that causes depression at work. An unfair boss and an unfair work environment are what really bring employees down (x-post from /r/science)
WERX TIL there’s an “endless wave” in the Amazon that can be surfed for ten kilometers or more.
ep8J TIL - There was an NFL playoff game where the fog was so thick that the players couldn’t even see the sidelines, and the fans couldn’t see the field. The refs had to announce what happened after every play.