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TIL using camouflage, the Orchid Mantis more effectively attracts insects, its prey, then REAL orchid blossoms.

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l7vm5 TIL that the moon is 1/400th the size of the sun but also 1/400th the distance from Earth which results in the moon and the sun being the same size in the sky, a coincidence not shared by any other known planet-moon combination.
awEA TIL that people seeing the movie version of “Clue” in theaters didn’t know which of the three endings they were going to see when they went into the movie. Eventually, theaters began advertising which ending the movie would have so people could see the endings they hadn’t already seen.
Z8l7G TIL how to use old gift cards, credit cards, or hotel room keys to make a mobile phone stand.
N7el8 TIL in 1995 Jesus Dennis was held underwater by his stepdad until he stopped breathing and his heart stopped beating when he was a toddler. Because the water was cold, however, Jesus was completely rejuvenated hours later without brain damage and behaved as a normal child afterwards.
1VnD TIL that when Robert Bloch wrote a story killing off Cthulu, H.P. Lovecraft wrote a story killing off Robert Bloch.