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TIL Several scientific studies have concluded that money does indeed buy happiness

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v80B TIL in 1968, a cash-laden bank vehicle was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved
OG7Be TIL The Mongolian People's Republic also had a Great Purge concurrent with the purges carried out by Stalin from 1937-1939. It’s estimated that between 20,000 and 35,000 "enemies of the revolution" were executed, a figure representing three to five percent of Mongolia's total population at the time.
JLD8 TIL two species of geckos mated and they birthed a super-athlete female gecko that wouldn’t have sex with the other geckos. Instead she spawned new versions herself who spawned themselves, and now there’s a vigorous, speedy, mutant race of mother geckos cloning daughter geckos.
awVwA TIL: Bees are not supposed to die after they sting. They usually sting away as many times as they want but only die when they sting humans. This is because their barbed stinger cannot cope with fleshy human skin, tearing away their abdomen when they try to pull away after stinging.
VZyB TIL Why the spicy mustard you get with Chinese food, burns your sinuses instead of mostly your tongue is because it’s got a different chemical than capsaicin that is more volatile. It basically evaporates when you chew it.