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TIL that horseshoe crabs have blue blood which has the ability to respond to bacteria in a way like no other creature on Earth.

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Kby9 TIL That in 2014 there will be an attempt to go over a 1,000 mph. Which will break the sound barrier and set the world land speed record.
yQpel TIL Philadelphia man David Good was reunited with his mother after traveling deep in to the Amazon, to locate her tribe. His mother, Yarima, escaped back to the Amazon 6 years after David's father had married her and brought her to Philadelphia.
YpY7W TIL that the Ganzfeld Experiment is a technique used to test individuals for ESP and induce hallucinations
vPQy8 TIL some native Japanese have facial features linked to Jomon ancestry that are visually similar to those of Caucasians
wLxR7 TIL in 1985 the US tested a robotic anti-aircraft tank, the M247 Sergeant York. The tank malfunctioned and locked its guns onto a review stand packed with top generals. Mercifully it didn't fire, but did subsequently attack a portable toilet instead of a target drone.