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TIL that some criminals view an NRA sticker on your car as an invitation to break into your house to steal your guns

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jxON TIL that Idi Amin’s official title was “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular”
1aA68 TIL about Ben Taylor, who in 2017 responded to what sounded like a classic "Nigerian prince" scam on Facebook, and ended up befriending the man and raising thousands for a poor community in Liberia.
9YNDB TIL that animal populations are growing in Chernobyl since humans left. Among them, a herd of Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild horse in the world, introduced in 1998.
d8obj TIL your brain is only 2% of your body mass but burns around 20% of your daily calories. The expensive-tissue hypothesis suggests increased complexity of the human brain has increased its energy requirements.
vPewB TIL spiders lack leg muscles and instead extend their legs through a hydraulic system powered by their blood pressure. Upon death, the legs curl up due to the loss of blood pressure.