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TIL that lotuses are basically night clubs for beetles because they are able to keep their flowers at a constant 30-35°C even during cold nights. Beetles trapped “when the petals on these bowl-shaped blooms closed up for the night were indeed very active, spending the night mating and feeding”.

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KYGe4 TIL that in addition to being the youngest EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner, fastest to achieve EGOT, and only EGOT winner twice over, songwriter Robert Lopez (who wrote music for such works as Disney's Frozen) broke the previous record of fastest to achieve EGOT previously held by...himself.
N7JD1 TIL there is a neighborhood called "The Hole" in NYC. It has no streetlights, sidewalks, or sewers, and it sits 12 feet below the surrounding area (hence the name). It was once home to a farming town, black cowboys, the mob, until finally earning the reputation of the worst neighborhood in NYC
rR04e TIL the first woman didn't run a mile in under 5 minutes until 1954. Today, most good high school track runners easily run a mile in under 5 minutes.
LQMyp TIL that Ryan Reynolds, AKA Deadpool, has been secretly working with Make-A-Wish Foundation for over a decade, granting more than 600 wishes to children with critical illnesses. He's also donated millions to charity, including funding cancer research and supporting mental health organizations.
N5Xe TIL X-Men has often been compared to the African-American Civil Rights movement, with Xavier as MLK and Magneto as Malcom X.