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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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AD19x TIL working too much is an official cause of death in Japan. Called 'Karoshi' which literally means 'overwork death' it became a hot button issue mid to late 1980s, when several high-ranking businessmen who were still in their prime years suddenly died without any previous sign of illness.
D8de TIL the 6th man to walk on the moon claimed peace-loving aliens came to earth in order to stop a USA vs Soviet nuclear war
BZxd TIL that in 1912 someone invented a 2 wheel car that used gyroscopes to stay upright, and it was based on a fictional book released only a year before.
R5mQj TIL: The new Premier League Champions Liverpool FC are owned by Fenway Sports Group, as are the Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Penguins, and RFK Racing
5Y57Q Til of the Cagots, a minority population in Europe in medieval times. They were shunned, hated, and segregated from entering taverns or touching food in markets. They were not an ethnic or religious group and were indistinguishable from other people, and no one knows why they were so despised.