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TIL that scorpions glow under a black light.

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59j8 TIL Field Marshal Rommel was involved in the 20 July plot against Hitler but, because of Rommel’s immense popularity, Hitler decided to force him to commit suicide rather than have him tried as a traitor with the other conspirators. The public were told he died from combat wounds.
wl41 TIL that when the first iPod prototype was shown to Steve Jobs, he dropped it in an aquarium and used the air bubbles to prove there was empty space and it could be made smaller.
PBWZ TIL in San Antonio, TX, lynchings used to be held in front of the San Fernando Cathedral until the priest cut the trees in which the hangings took place
KYZxw TIL that Flo from Progressive is worth $6 million, and earns $1 million per year 🫡
nejLY TIL that the remote Ascension Island in the Atlantic was known as a barren, desert island when it was discovered in the 1700s, but today boasts one of the world's largest artificial forests, planned by Charles Darwin and botanist Joseph Hooker in order to make the island livable.