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TIL hawk moths scare off bats by rubbing their genitalia to jam the bat’s sonar

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pY8XQ TIL Lt Gen 'Boy' Browning, Commander of the British 1st Airborne Division in WW2 (played by Dirk Bogarde in 'A Bridge too Far'), was married to the famous author, Daphne du Maurier.
6E1rJ TIL After illegally demolishing a historic London pub that survived the Blitz, a property developer/lawyer was ordered by court to rebuild it brick by brick.
eYB4 TIL that a cowlick is called a cowlick because cows lick their young and cause spiral patterns in their coat.
amxM TIL Walt Disney used to visit Disneyland incognito. Wearing old clothes and a straw farmer’s hat, he would sit on rides and time them to make sure operators didn’t rush Disneyland visitors.
j6gGX TIL In 1993 Russia launched an orbital mirror called Znamya-2 that successfully reflected sunlight onto Earth at night, creating a bright spot approximately 5 kilometers wide moving across Europe at orbital speed. It was the first experiment in a program aimed at illuminating cities during nighttime