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TIL Some insect wings have developed textures which physically shred bacteria to pieces

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84AZ TIL in 2007, Joshua Bell played the violin at a subway station in Washington. Of 1,097 people, only 7 stopped to listen, and he made $32,17. Three days before, tickets to a concert where he played the same repertoire were $100.
yx0v TIL that an engineer at NASA spent fifteen years trying to become an astronaut, being rejected fourteen times before finally being selected in 1998.
j6BGp TIL peekaboo can help baby develop coping mechanisms for dealing with separation anxiety.
9wLLX TIL In 2000, three Scottish sisters took out a 1 million pound insurance policy in the event one of them immaculately conceived the second coming of Christ. They paid £100 a year until 2006 when the insurance company canceled the policy.
woZa7 Today I learned that Anglerfish mate by fusing together, the small male will attatch to the larger female, basically becoming a parasite, not all do this