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

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kOdom TIL that not so long ago Japanese women who remained unmarried after the age of 25 were referred to as “Christmas cake,” a slur comparing them to old holiday pastries that cannot be sold after December 25.
gMYR7 TIL that the European colonial powers used indentured workers from India as cheap labor after the end of slavery
awweJ TIL McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) was working on the reusable rocket in the 90's
1ge7 TIL that in the movie ‘The Grey’, during the filming of an emotional scene in which Liam Neeson’s character pens a letter to his faraway wife, director Joe Carnahan urged Neeson to write the letter to his deceased wife, actress Natasha Richardson.
Wogd TIL a study by Princeton sociologists on discrimination in university admissions concluded that on SATs, blacks had an advantage of +230 points, Hispanics +185, and athletes +200. Asians had a -50 handicap. To have the same odds of admission as a black student who scored 1110, Asians need a 1550.