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TIL that when threatened horned lizards squirt blood from their eye sockets at their enemies, scaring any predator enough for the lizard to escape.

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pYdbA TIL that Bisons were in millions up until the beginning of 20th century, the reason was because European settlers and US governments were systematically working on slaughtering them, as a strategy of displacement to enforce native americans to leave.
YwBB TIL A church choir had a practice session starting at 7:25pm one evening in 1950, and by 7:27pm the building exploded. No one was killed as they were all running late.
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ANMDl TIL: Using data from 60 countries on road quality, traffic deaths, and vehicle crime rates, researchers ranked the most dangerous countries to drive in. Lebanon is #1 overall. Thailand has the most deaths. The US - #12, Russia -#10. The safest were Singapore, Switzerland, Japan.