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TIL that fireflies (lightening bugs) live for only two months.

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kO817 TIL there have been several reported cases of people dying from laughter, including Greek philosopher Chrysippus (279-206 BC), who died from laughing too hard at his own joke about a donkey eating figs and drinking wine.
N76N1 TIL Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA superstar, also is the author of a trilogy of mystery novels about Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes (the second and third books are rated 4/5 on goodreads).
78oWL TIL composer Johann Christian Bach, son of JS Bach, helped extend copyright protection to musical scores under English law in 1777.
pYOAZ TIL that Oxford University existed before the Aztec Empire was founded
V5Xp TIL NY Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor would routinely send prostitutes to his opponents’ hotel rooms the night before a game in an attempt to tire them out.