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TIL that cockroaches represent rebirth and resistance as a spirit animal.

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WLL4 TIL that, prior to the American Civil War, most citizens of the United States referred to their country in plural (“The United States are wealthy”, “The United States have a large population”)
v1pPR TIL that the main character in Tomb Raider was originally intended to be a man until the developers began to worry that the character would be seen as derivative of Indiana Jones, so the character's gender was changed and Lara Croft was born.
p80D4 TIL A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress carrying two 3–4-megaton Mark 39 nuclear bombs broke up in mid-air, dropping its nuclear payload in the process. Information declassified in 2013 showed that one of the bombs came very close to detonating and was never recovered.
REJa TIL that a spring in Wyoming named Intermittent Spring flows for 18 minutes, then abruptly stops flowing for another 18 minutes.
ep5vD TIL adults can become lactose intolerant even after drinking milk their whole lives. It hurts. It hurts so much