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TIL ladybugs can bite people and pinch with their legs

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844X TIL of the quietest room on earth. The Microsoft Audio Lab in Redmond, Washington can reach -20.6dB, a few dB more than the lowest point on earth at -23dB
N7KXQ TIL Torvill and Dean's world famous olympic gold medal winning performance of Bolero was 18 seconds longer than the rules allowed. They got around this by spending the first 18 seconds on their knees, as the clock didn't start until their blades touched the ice
DQNbp TIL about ‘The Pizza Meter’ which refers to sudden increases of pizza orders from U.S. government offices, such as the White House and The Pentagon, before large events such as the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Panama Invasion, and the Grenada invasion.
OoWk1 TIL Laurel Hubbard pleaded guilty to careless driving causing injury after an incident in 2018 which left a driver with severe spinal injuries. Hubbard was discharged without conviction.The judge ordered that Hubbard's name be suppressed to avoid publicity as she trained for the Olympics.
7rMNO TIL that Marie Curie was buried in a lead-lined coffin (although it remains uncertain, if this was because of concerns over her radium contamination)