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TIL Columbus used foreknowledge of the 1504 lunar eclipse to convince indigenous Jamaicans to support him

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1a6l8 TIL: Ampulex wasps paralyze cockroaches before clipping their antennae and drinking their blood directly from their heads. Afterward, they drag the roach to a burrow where wasp larva feed on the subdued living cockroach.
YZ4W [TIL] Surya Bonaly is the ONLY figure skater who has ever landed a one-bladed skating backflip.
Wkkk4 TIL Germany has mandatory quiet time from 1pm to 3pm and 10pm to 6am Monday- Saturday and all day Sundays and holidays.
PYR6e TIL that despite not existing for the past 30 years, the Soviet Union still holds the most Olympic gold medals for wrestling.
GAOj TIL Napoleon requested a communication method that woud not require light or sound. The result was Night Writing, a tactile military code that was rejected as too difficult for Napoleon’s troops, but which became the basis for Braille.