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TIL - Firefly Populations Are Declining In The US And Canada

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woGQW TIL that there is a house in India who claim to be the legitimate heirs of the Kingdom of France! The house of Bourbon-Bhopal claims to be descended from Jean Philippe de Bourbon, an exiled French noble who served in Mughal Emperor Akbar's court.
j64yj TIL the 2020 United States presidential election had a voter turnout of 66.6%.
neaaG TIL that before the adoption of artificial light in the 18th and 19th centuries, there's historical evidence for "first sleep" and "second sleep"—that is, an interrupted pattern of sleep in two shifts of slumber roughly four hours each, with a period of wakefulness in between.
l7ol1 TIL the NCAA Final Four has been held in New Orleans 5 times. The only school to win more than once was North Carolina, who won in 1982 (James Worthy, Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins) and 1993 (Eric Montross)
yVPvX TIL about WASP-12b, an exoplanet so close to its star that it is being stretched by gravity into an egg shape.