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TIL Around 5,300 kids were killed at school due to the 2008 earthquake in China

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4XoP5 TIL Key's matchstick grasshopper, native to Australia, was rediscovered in 2019 after having not seen since 1967. It is flightless, and unlike most other grasshopper species, it is active during the winter. This insect's unique chromosomes were studied extensively by early evolutionary biologists.
JYPNj TIL the frontman of Semisonic, best known for their 1998 hit "Closing Time", co-wrote "Someone Like You" with Adele
kJ5pg TIL of Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP), also known as Tooth-in-Eye surgery, was first developed in the 1960s. This procedure involves implanting a tooth into a blind person’s eye to help restore their sight and continues to be performed today.
VMm0D TIL: That having Red hair and Blue eyes is the rarest color combination in humans. Less than 2 percent have red hair and around 17 percent of people have blue eyes. Blue eyes and Red hair? 0.17 percent chance.
BryQk TIL Danny DeVito was an executive producer on "Pulp Fiction" and played a significant part in getting the movie made