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TIL of the Mantis Shrimp. It can “punch” with a force of 1500 N and at speeds of 102,000 m/s. This “punch” collapses air bubbles, creates a reaction as hot as the sun, and can kill bigger prey with just the shockwave it produces. It is also monogamous with it’s mate for 20 years.

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4X98a TIL champion shearer Ian Elkins answered a call put out by RSPCA Australia when a heavily overgrown merino sheep was spotted by a bushwalker. Merino sheep, bred to grow wool, may get infections/flystrike if not shorn; about 80 pounds of fleece was shorn from "Chris" the sheep, a world record.
jNMDE TIL a set of triplets was intentionally separated at birth and given to three sets of parents with intentionally varied socioeconomic backgrounds as part of an experiment. It was uncovered when two of the triplets happened to attend the same college in 1980
wNb8 TIL U.S. Medal of Honor recipient Pililaʻau was found surrounded by 40 dead Korean soldiers and him holding a trench knife.
PVdL TIL John Wayne was in his hotel room, below Frank Sinatra’s, who was having a party. The noise kept Wayne up so he went to his room and yelled at him. A guard came saying, “Nobody talks to Sinatra that way.” Wayne slapped the man and knocked him out by breaking a chair on top of him. The noise ended
YpZOG TIL when Sega of America was localizing the first Sonic the Hedgehog game, they had to create a canonical backstory for him compiled in "The Sonic Bible". He was a poor hedgehog from Nebraska named Sonny. His dad died because of toxic waste and his friend Dr Robotnik turned evil after eating an egg.