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

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neYOB TIL about Gobekli Tepe, a 12,000-year-old temple (7,000 years older than Stonehenge) that predates humanity's oldest known civilizations and is full of strange animal carvings and towering stone pillars. The site's true purpose is still unknown.
LE0 TIL you can be fined up to $2500 per Kinder Chocolate Egg if you try to bring them from Canada to US
YmWv TIL The ending of 2005 romantic comedy “Fever Pitch” had to be rewritten, with additional filming, when the Red Sox defeated the Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals to win the 2004 World Series. The writers had originally assumed the Red Sox would lose.
4kMZR TIL that Roman Emperor Caligula would torment his senators by making them run in front of his chariot for miles. He also was so hairy that he made it a capital offense to mention goats in his presence.
8aeDZ TIL two hair salons in the UK have started to include a "quiet chair" for people who don't want to engage in small talk while getting their hair cut.