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TIL sea cucumbers move and hunt in herds.

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4krQo TIL that Mercedes-Benz is credited with creating the first modern automobile. In 1886, Karl Benz, one of the co-founders, designed the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which is widely regarded as the first gasoline-powered car. This three-wheeled vehicle marked the beginning of the automotive era.
GYE81 TIL Koalas sleep 18-22 hours a day due to the daily strain on their system to digest toxic Eucalyptus
wLloY TIL serial killer David Berkowitz wrote a letter telling the D.C. sniper to "stop hurting innocent people"
ANrwa TIL that the McGurk Effect shows how our brains integrate visual and auditory information for speech perception. If the visual information of a speaker’s mouth movements doesn’t match the sound, our brains may perceive a completely different sound.
Lkj4V TIL that mere hours are sufficient to form fossils aka the Medusa Effect aka flash petrification