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4XQp5 TIL of Lois Gibson, a forensic artist whose sketches have led to the arrest of over 1,200 criminals. One of her sketches was the first ever used on America's Most Wanted, and she's known for her uncanny accuracy.
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5XMD TIL there is a species of tiger beetles that run faster than their eyes can keep up. They run towards their prey, stop and re-evaluate the situation, and then sprint again, hoping they’ll run into their prey. They run at 5.6 mph, which is equivalent to a human running 480 mph.
QJYGE TIL In the U.S., 30% to 40% of the entire food supply is thrown away, worth $161 billion (or 133 billion pounds of food) in 2010. Wasted food is the single largest category of material placed in municipal land fills
ZpM64 TIL: people in the Early-to-Modern Era hired poor people to literally consume sins of the dead