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d8rdr
TIL that insects don't have lungs. They just kinda absorb oxygen and it is related to their size, i.e. why bugs got so big when the Earth had more oxygen.
jNXKn
TIL wolves were historically a major threat in Europe, responsible for thousands of recorded killings. It is thought that the abundance of corpses due to Plague may have altered their behavior, causing them to actively seek humans as prey up until the 1700s. Hence the trope of the man-eating wolf.
OE77
TIL that just before the Halifax Explosion, a train dispatcher who saw the cargo ship with the explosives catch fire sent a message saying “Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbor making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys.”
5ljp
TIL that there was an attempt to assassinate George W. Bush on the morning on 9/11. His assassins were turned away because they didn’t have an appointment to meet with him.
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TIL that Apple stopped making IPods in 2022