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TIL that there are several species of Flies that have the common name 'coffin fly', because they breed in human corpses with such tenacity, they can even continue living within buried coffins.

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JYddm TIL that "I Want to Break Free", a song by the British rock band Queen, known for its music video for which all the band members dressed in women's clothes which parodied the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, was considered controversial in the United States and banned by MTV.
5VV0n TIL French artist, Yves Klein, sold a series of non-existent spaces in exchange for a weight of pure gold. Some accepted his offer. In 1959, almost 60 years after his death, a receipt he wrote to prove ownership of his invisible artworks sold for $1.16 million at Sotheby's auction house in Paris.
x6L67 TIL Demon Pacts were once seen as completely real, but nowadays the traditional ones are very hard to find.
6Ely8 TIL that FM Radio first began to flourish in post WWII Germany. The allies had stripped all but two of their AM stations so FM was the only 'alternative'
YprDG TIL: Inspired by Formula One and Le Mans racing, Tsuyoshi Tahara developed a contest where people race around a 200-meter course on office chairs. This event has become popular over the last decade with many Grand Prix events held in different Japanese cities every year.