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

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e0Rkn TIL that in Norse mythology at the end of the world (Ragnarok) the gods--Odin, Thor, Loki and the others--as well as all humans, will die. Evil triumphs over good, and the world will be engulfed in water.
LQDoZ TIL Chris Farley spent his last night with a hooker named Heidi. She could hear his breathing trouble after he collapsed 10 feet from the door. He asked "Don't leave me." but she left after taking a photo of him (to sell likely)
dQZd TIL Karl Marx’s grave has an entry fee
YpPXr TIL in 2012, a borough in the city of London commissioned the design of a bench that was made to deter use for sleeping, littering, skateboarding, drug dealing, graffiti and theft. It has been called the "perfect anti-object" and a "masterpiece of unpleasant design".
69WpY TIL that in mid-6th century CE two monks smuggled silkworm eggs into the Byzantine Empire, which led to the creation of the Byzantine silk industry that long held a silk monopoly in Europe.