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TIL male black-widow spiders tend to select their mates by determining if the female has eaten already to avoid being eaten themselves.

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GYd7g TIL of the tragedy of Love Canal, NY a town that was meant to be a dream community but was built on a toxic waste dump. The government ignored helping the families suffering from birth defects and health issues until a group of activist moms kidnapped 2 EPA officials for a few hours.
Ab6g TIL archeologists can tell who were archers because bows required a lot of strength to pull which deformed bones
xVGEg TIL that to avoid releasing the Watergate tapes to prosecutors, Nixon proposed that Democratic Senator John C. Stennis alone be able to listen to them. Stennis was both notoriously hard-of-hearing and heavily drugged after being shot earlier in the year. The offer was quickly rejected.
5RVp TIL that polar bears can cross breed with grizzly bears due to the fact that they are a sub species of the grizzly bear
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