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TIL there is a land dwelling crayfish native to Wisconsin

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epmGk TIL that in competitive chess, if you want to adjust a piece that has been knocked over or jostled away from the center of its square, you use the French terms "J'adoube", which also means "I nominate (to a position)" and "I bestow knighthood upon (someone)".
yQbxJ TIL that hippos produce a natural antibacterial sunblock. The ‘sweat’ is made of a red pigment, which contains an antibiotic, and an orange pigment, which absorbs UV rays. These two pigments work together to protect the hippos from both bacterial infections and sun damage.
gMPZW TIL of the Klu Klux Clowns–A protest group that dressed as clowns to disrupt White Power political rallies with unicycles, stilts, red-noses and mealy chants of “White Flour”!
Z4yv TIL that the UK’s porn filter architect was arrested on child porn offences.
8pVZ TIL on a British Airways flight en route to Spain the windshield blew out, sucking the captain halfway out. Flight attendants suffered frostbite and other injuries to hold onto his legs while the copilot landed the plane– with no loss of life.