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TIL ancient writers thought geese and ocean barnacles were the same creature

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negJ7 TIL that Bobbi Gibb entered the Boston Marathon in 1966, despite being told that women couldn't compete beyond a mile and a half, and she was congratulated by the state governor at the finishing line. In 1967 she ran again, finishing an hour ahead of Switzer.
6EAQm TIL Crocodiles are the ultimate survivors. Having arisen some 200 million years ago, they have outlived the dinosaurs by some 65 million years. Even humans, the most fearsome predators ever to stalk the Earth, have failed to force into extinction any of the 23 species of crocodilians.
vE7x TIL the world’s shortest horror story is two lines long. “Knock” by Fredric Brown. “The last man on earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door.”
BrdBb TIL that August Busch IV, the former president and CEO of Anheuser-Busch, killed his passenger in an accident when he was 19. Although there were empty beer cans scattered around and he fled the scene, no charges were filed. The urine sample was lost and the blood sample was 'mishandled'.
jNdrv TIL Narcissist abusers learn about your insecurities and use this knowledge maliciously to provoke you. Their faux "innocence" works to catch you off guard and make you believe that they truly didn’t intend to hurt you, until it happens so often you can’t deny the reality of their malice any longer.