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TIL of a vegetarian spider which eats the protein-rich buds of an acacia tree.

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86AV TIL the oldest living plant is at least 43,000 years old
4X456 TIL that American women who joined the military in WW1 served actively in the navy and were paid exactly the same as men, and were treated like veterans after the war.
xewB TIL that mining corporate-hired “agents drove a heavily armored train through a tent colony at night, opening fire on women, men and children with a machine gun”(1912) to prevent unionization in the buildup to the 2nd largest insurrection in the US since the Civil War.
6EelZ TIL a therapy cat named Oscar predicted the impending death of some 50 terminally ill patients by napping next to them a few hours before they died. After he accurately predicted 25 deaths, staff started calling family members of residents as soon as they discovered him sleeping close to someone
OQGR TIL a naked man in California was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.