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TIL one In Four Animals Known To Science Is A Beetle

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D1YpJ TIL that a hydra, a freshwater cousin of the jellyfish, can survive being chopped in a blender. Its pieces will crawl their way back toward each other to reassemble as a complete organism.
p8YaQ TIL that after the Library of Congress was burned by the British in 1814, Thomas Jefferson offered his entire personal library as a replacement—more than doubling the previous size of the library to 6,487 volumes
JYkNj TIL in 2017 Emma Gibson was born 24 years after being concieved in-vitro. She was biologically one year younger than her 25-year-old mother. In 2020, the record was broken by her sister Molly, who was born 27 years after being conceived
jNvPE TIL: Rodents cannot vomit which is why poison is such an effective way of getting rid of them
Vnpk TIL that although Futurama has been cancelled, The Simpsons are having a crossover episode next year which will feature the Planet Express crew.