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TIL of False flags - a covert operation designed to deceive; the deception creates the appearance of a particular party, group, or nation being responsible for some activity, disguising the actual source of responsibility.

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Br1re TIL humans are the sweatiest primates alive. We have up to five million sweat glands producing a maximum of three gallons of sweat per day. The production of sweat glands is inversely related to the production of hair, and the evolutionary loss of our hair is connected to our success as a species.
dDrY9 TIL If you press space twice while typing on Android or iOS it will automatically add a period to end a sentence.
16AgW TIL about disappearance of Alfred Loewenstein. In 1928 world's third richest person disappeared mid flight while travelling on his private plane.
pYdvN TIL the original aluminum apex of the Washington Monument was the largest piece of aluminum in the world, measuring just 5.6 inches (14 cm) by 8.9 inches (23 cm) because at the time (1884) aluminum was as rare and as valuable as silver
P1VMZ TIL heart cockles, heart-shaped clams, have shells with natural fibre-optic windows that channel sunlight to feed symbiotic algae while blocking UV rays. This 2024 discovery is the first known case of a living organism using bundled fibre optics.