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TIL that cicada's wings have an anti-bacterial surface that kills bacteria not by chemicals, but by using a nanopattern made of nano pillars that shreds the bacterial membrane.

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p8baO TIL in 1841 the state of connecticut outlawed nine pin bowling in an attempt to curb gambling. ten pin bowling was created as a way to circumvent the law
Ooea6 TIL Japanese right-wing nationalists tried to assassinate Matsutarō Shōriki (father of japanese professional baseball) for allowing foreigners to play baseball in the Jingu Stadium. He survived but received a 16-inch-long scar from a broadsword during the assassination attempt.
6907Z TIL The earth will complete 367 complete rotations this year; it takes 23 h 56 m for one rotation (a sidereal day).
pjvG TIL That the Vatican tried to keep The Miserere for itself by forbidding any publications or copies from being made. Plan worked for over 100 years until a 14 year old Mozart came along and reproduced it faithfully from memory.
e0OKg TIL that Tatooine was planned to be a jungle planet, but was changed because of the idea that spending months filming in the jungle would make Lucas "itchy".