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

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d1ZE TIL Women didn’t earn the right to vote in national elections in the nation of Liechtenstein until 1984, when men voted 2,370–2,251 in favor of granting women the right to vote in national elections.
Br1Ry TIL that Twitter holds the patent on “dragging down from the top of your screen to refresh the current page,” but agreed when they acquired the patent to only use it on anyone who sued them first.
Mep0 TIL Muhammad Ali threw his Olympic gold medal into an Ohio river to protest racial discrimination in America
JYLGQ TIL that the average person meets around 11 murderers in their life.
rN1rW TIL glutamate accumulation in the prefrontal cortex during demanding tasks was linked to cognitive fatigue.