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TIL the rebounding force of a rope breaking in a match of tug of war severed the arm of each of the men at the front

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dZDr TIL that “After Earth” was directed by M. Night Shyamalan and that the film’s marketing company intentionally hid this fact in ads and press because M. Night’s reputation is so bad, they were afraid nobody would go see it if they knew he was involved.
YpPrG TIL that modern genetics was discovered/invented in 1856-63 by an Austrian monk who overturned millennia of misunderstanding by simply running a scientific experiment (on 28,000 plants); yet his work was ignored for 40 years and nearly lost.
7reRX TIL dogs will sneeze to tell other dogs that they’re playing, so that their rough playing doesn’t turn into a fight
X0rej TIL There are species of birds that have developed the ability to acquire toxic chemicals in their bodies making them less palatable or even lethal when consumed or contacted
XmL8 TIL a British soldier was cut off from his regiment in 1914 and managed to hide in occupied territory in a wardrobe for 4 years with the Germans at one point even helping to move the wardrobe with him in it.