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TIL Seven Months Before JFK, Lee Harvey Oswald Tried to Assassinate a Former Army General

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0r6p TIL in 2006 over a 1000 toads swelled up to 3 times their size and exploded with no apparent reason, causing panic at the possibility of a new virus. The real reason? Local crows had figured out how to peck out the frog’s highly nutritious liver while avoiding their poisonous skin
R5vYQ TIL that lobsters were once considered the poor man's chicken. In the 18th and 19th centuries, lobsters were so abundant along the northeastern coast of North America that they were often fed to prisoners, apprentices, and servants multiple times a week.
DQxMP TIL the fear of balloons is called globophobia and is triggered by the thought, sight, sound, touch and smell of balloons as well as the sound of a balloon popping.
p86RA In Delhi, air quality index (AQI) levels are usually a severe 200 on a good day (anything above 25 is deemed unsafe by World Health Organization). During peak pollution periods last year they soared well into a life-threatening 900 and sometimes off the measurable scale. But as Delhi’s 11m registered cars were taken off the roads and factories and construction were ground to a halt, AQI levels have regularly fallen below 20. The skies are suddenly a rare, piercing blue. Even the birdsong seems louder.
NXwbP TIL that I learned that "Passamaquoddy" is not just a fictional town from the movie "Pete's Dragon", but also the name Native American/First Nations people who live in northeastern North America.