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TIL when it gets cold enough, daddy long legs will huddle together in the thousands to create warmth.

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BrZGx TIL That since 1951 in Israel it is required by the law that every new building will have a security room that can withstand blast and shrapnel from conventional weapons, and offer protection against chemical and biological weapons.
kO7xE TIL bananas can ripen avocados. Ripe bananas contain a natural plant hormone called ethylene, which triggers ripening in mature fruit. If both are placed in a paper bag, the paper bag traps the ethylene gas that’s produced by the fruit and speeds up the ripening process.
d60B TIL Al Sharpton led the public civil rights involvement of a rape case of Tawana Brawley in which 6 whites (including police officers) were accused of raping the young girl and putting her in a trash bag covered in feces. The jury later found the defendants innocent and the story fabricated.
8daa TIL that the Central Intelligence Agency has a memorial wall at headquarters for employees who are killed while working for the US spy agency. Each year the CIA adds stars for deaths; some with names, some without. There are 125 stars as of 2017, eight more than in 2016 and 46 more than in 2002.
WO4N TIL: Norway’s prisons are made to help you readjust to society. They don’t have barred windows, and have sharp knives in the kitchen. Norway believes that you shouldn’t have your freedom taken away in prison.