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TIL - Male mice sing an Ultrasonic “love ballads” as a means try and court female mice.

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l5g7 TIL United States Chamber of Commerce is not a government agency but a conservative lobbyist group.
BrWAy TIL that the story of the Pied Piper leading kids away is based on a historic tragedy that occurred in Hamelin, Germany, during the 13th century. Nothing is conclusively known about the nature of the tragedy, besides a 1384 inscription that reads "It is 100 years since our children left''.
VbjQ TIL The first repeating hand held firearms were made as early as the 1600’s and a number of them were even issued to elite Danish soldiers.
rNAVy TIL: The U.S. House formally recognizes over 400 caucuses which are governed by House Rules. The list includes the Video Game and E-sports Caucus, the Volleyball Caucus, the Fragrance Caucus, the Baseball Caucus and the Bourbon Caucus.
Qgre TIL that most Chinese people have never tasted cheese and consider it barbaric