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TIL there is a species of moth(Mabra elephantophila) that feeds on elephant tears

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wo0o TIL that in the state of Washington, it is a felony to kill a Sasquach
YpljG TIL that a pilot named Chalmer Goodin was originally intended to be the pilot who first broke the sound barrier, but the USAF chose Chuck Yeager when he demanded $150,000 (1.7 million today) to attempt it.
yQKGw TIL of Jeanne de Clisson. After her husband was beheaded by the french, she sold all of her land and holdings to fund a pirate army. She hunted and destroyed all the French ships that they could. When she caught nobles, she personally beheaded them with an axe.
7RoP TIL in a 1973 issue of The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man saves his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy, from falling to her death by shooting a web down to catch her… but the sudden deceleration breaks her neck and kills her.
p8OZ TIL Some Paralympic athletes gain an unfair advantage by purposely injuring themselves on areas of their body with no feeling. It’s called “boosting” and the goal is to trick the body into triggering a kind of fight-or-flight response, and in doing so, increase performance.