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TIL scorpions are incredibly resilient. Scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.

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4XP9J TIL of the Association of German National Jews, a Jewish organisation that supported Hitler and the Nazi party until it was declared illegal, dissolved and their founder imprisoned in one of the earliest concentration camps.
mB5M TIL of Iwao Hakamada Japanese Boxer who was interrogated for 20 days straight with no lawyer present and spent 46 Years On A Death Row for a crime he did not commit.
b9Pe7 TIL Of Sputnik Monroe A Pro Wrestler Who Was A Major Factor In Ending Seregation In Tennessee. He Was Often Arrested For Anti Seregation Actions And Would Hire Black Attorneys To Defend Him, Earning Him Lots Of Black Fans.
6EwRJ TIL The aircraft manufacturer Northrop Grumman, who built iconic fighter aircraft such as the F6F Hellcat, A-6 Intruder, and the well known and forever popular F-14 Tomcat, won a contract from the US government to mass produce the Grumman LLV, A.K.A. The USPS Postal Truck.
loRNA TIL 40% of the population in India speaks Hindi, and 8% speak Bengali, making it the second most widely spoken language. Around 10% of India’s population speak English, but it is only a first language for 0.019%