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TIL that dung beetles find their way around at night by using the stars to navigate.

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6ENWX TIL Socrates was very worried that the increasing use of books in education would have the effect of ruining students' ability to memorise things. We only remember this now because Plato wrote it down.
KOOGJ TIL of the Chewbacca Defense, a common legal term where a defence is built on confusing the jury. The term comes from the South Park version of the O.J. Simpson case.
woywY TIL that Gloria Ramirez earned the nickname "The Toxic Lady" because doctors and nurses became ill after airborne exposure to her body. She had cervical cancer, and while treating her, three hospital workers fainted, and others experienced symptoms such as shortness of breath and muscle spasms.
Vvx4 TIL During WWII they developed an ultra long range fighter to escort bomber raids in the Pacific…by joining two heavily modified P-51 Mustangs with one single wing. It still holds the record for longest flight of a piston powered fighter, after flying more than 5000 miles from Hawaii to New York
6OG8 TIL that killer bees were created by a Brazilian scientist to create more honey, but they create less and are highly aggressive.