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TIL that bed bugs have no courtship rituals. What they have, instead, is a type of mating behavior called traumatic insemination.

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e0gaD TIL Halley's comet was depicted in the famous 11th century Bayeux Tapestry which recounts the story of Duke William the Bastard conquering England in 1066.
D1QGp TIL sea turtle, deer, and live frog sashimi are available in Japan
ANZwn TILL the Boeing 787 Dreamliner can stay safely operational on just one engine for more than five hours before needing to land. It earned 330-minute (5.5 hrs) ETOPS certifications, because of this.
lnGG TIL four undocumented students from Carl Hayden Community High School in Phoenix, Arizona, beat MIT to win the national underwater robot championship in 2005
8evQK TIL that on 29th November 1976 Grand Canyon Airlines Flight N4125R crashed into the Grand Canyon. Killing all occupants on board. Investigations determined that the cause of the crash was the result of an unrestrained German Shepard taking control of the plane.