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

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J1XR1 TIL George Lucas originally envisioned Indiana Jones as a nightclub going womanizer. But his writing partner nixed that and suggested making the Ark of the Covenant as the goal of Indiana's quest as his hematologist told him about it. Spielberg agreed to direct only after losing out on James Bond.
v1rX7 TIL in Ancient Mesopotamia, people would regularly pour libations (liquids and grain) into their deceased relatives graves through a pipe as it was believed the dead did not have anything to eat or drink in the underworld besides dry dust.
LkrO9 TIL Bhutan has never been conquered or occupied through all its history
oJ7o TIL the Statue of Liberty was originally supposed to preside over the entrance to the Suez Canal in Port Sa'id, Egypt.
Zpxkp TIL about Roy Sullivan, a man who had been struck by lightning 7 times and had kept a water bucket in his car due to his hair catching fire after being struck. He used the bucket on multiple occasions.