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TIL Butterflies can remember things they learn as caterpillars

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kO7rg TIL of Operation Blue Star. Today marks 36 years since the start of the Sikh genocide. Thousands of Indian army troops were deployed to kill innocent Sikhs under the orders of Indra Gandhi. Over the 10 days Sikhs were looted, tortured & murdered.
LQlGV TIL that a rat king is not a large, singular rat, but a collection of rats that get their tails in a knot by accident (and squirrels can have this happen too); it has been recorded to happen about 60 times in the past 500 years
dEbd TIL that ‘the wave’ was first brought to world-wide attention during the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, and for many people living outside of North America, this was the first time they had ever seen the phenomenon - English speakers outside of North America refer to it as the “Mexican wave”
a8L9Z TIL: During the 2000 United States Senate Election in Missouri, incumbent Republican Senator John Ashcroft lost to a the Democratic Governor of Missouri Mel Carnahan, who died in a Plane Crash Three Weeks before Election Day
epVAL TIL that Al Pacino boycotted the 45th academy awards in 1973, because despite having more screen time than Marlon Brando, he was nominated for best supporting actor and not best actor.