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TIL The Dragonfly is one of the most skilled predators on the planet being absolutely lethal to other insects, missing only one prey in twenty.

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ZQYQ TIL Georgia is not named after Saint-George. The name rather derives from the Persian word for wolf, gurğ, and the region was referred to as Gorgan, or “land of the wolves”, for the heroic people who inhabited the territory. Its English name is a back-derivation of what was assumed to be George.
7rBOX TIL While under hypnosis, Betty Hill told of being shown a star map by one of her alien captors. Years later, she sketched what she remembered of the map and determined Zeta Reticuli was where the spacecraft originated from
p8KMb TIL that the Northern Great Plains was home to many fortified Native American towns, beginning in the 800s and existing all the way until the 1880s. These towns had over a thousand residents and a plaza centric layout. These were sedentary towns where people lived year-round.
89Ya TIL Texans at the Alamo were fighting for certain freedoms and a more liberal judicial system. One of the freedoms they were seeking was the right to own slaves, prohibited under Mexican law.
0wbvp TIL that Singapore’s street food is so good that some street vendors are awarded Michelin stars for their food!