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TIL that moths vibrate their genitals to jam bat sonar

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newLd TIL the name "Ouija board" came from a medium asking a Ouija board what they should call it. The board also told her it meant "Good luck." In a related circumstance, the medium acknowledged she wearing a locket with the picture of a woman with the name “Ouija” above her head.
GYxDQ TIL about the Werther-Effect, the emulation of another suicide that the person attempting suicide knows about either from local knowledge or due to accounts or depictions of the original suicide. Due to this, in Australia it's illegal for media to report suicide as a reason a person has passed.
rNlJW TIL: During World War 1 rapid progress in medicine occurred including the first face grafts
0w6DR TIL The French Marxist philosopher Guy Debord's first book 'Mémoires' was bound with a sandpaper cover so that it would damage other books placed next to it.
m1Z4P TIL Indo-Pacific Sailfish are considered to be the fastest fish in the world, with speed in excess of 110km/h (68 mph) over short periods. It can grow to over 3.4m in total length and 100 kg in weight.