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TIL when the termite queen dies, the pheromone she used to block reproductive development in other termites is no longer produced, and then a new queen develops .

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Z85AG TIL that maggots can jump by curling their bodies, sticking themselves together and then pumping body fluids into one part until they unstick and explode upwards from the force
kO7jB TIL only two known Titanic survivors saw the Cameron movie, but there were 6 alive on its release.
EgngW TIL in 1982 the submarine HMS Conqueror stole a passive sonar array being towed behind a Soviet ship, using mechanical pincers mounted on the sub's bow to cut the cable and make it look like it had gotten snagged on terrain. She wasn't detected, despite being just feet away from the ship.
wo6XE TIL that Otis Redding’s iconic song 'Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay' was recorded just days before he died in a plane crash, and it became the first posthumous number-one single in the U.S.
1aX4X TIL LBJ as VP "invited" a Pakistani camel cart driver named Bashir Sarban to the White House. Though he said it as a formality, the governments of both the US and Pakistan made it happen. LBJ and Bashir had a meal at the Johnson ranch outside Dallas, and Bashir toured the country over a week.