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TIL of an Internet Mystery involving a Cicada which has never been solved.

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nb6B TIL that 1816 was called the year without a summer. From May to August of that year there were frequent frosts and snowfalls causing widespread crop failure and a food crisis.
Rnk7 TIL- After loosing his two daughters and wife in a mid-air collision, the man years later murdered the air traffic controller whom he felt responsible- in front of his family at his home- Then served less than 3 years jail
wLwmY TIL that Zimbabwe used to have a 100-trillion-dollar bill that was equal to just $0.40 USD.
rNkny TIL dogs are cleaner than beards
VQKG TIL that as President, Jimmy Carter was attacked by a swimming rabbit.