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TIL that the entire alphebet and numbers 0-9 can be found on the wings of different types of butterflies

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5BZ9 TIL that in 1913, Nebraska outlawed oral sex - in an ironic twist the act that was passed to criminalize oral sex was the 69th act to be passed that year. The act has since been known as “act 69”.
7rvJM TIL That the Titanic had only about 2/3 of its maximum capacity of people when it sank and more than 1000 extra people could have died had it been at maximum capacity
7Dnr TIL that 11 years ago a starquake was detected on a star, which, if located within 10 light years of Earth, would have triggered a mass extinction.
eYP5 TIL the Aztecs had penalties for being drunk which ranged from head-shaving to the death penalty.
lJK7 TIL There is a man in Paris who invites complete strangers to his house for a dinner party each week. He has been doing this for 30+ years!