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TIL butterflies are often unintentionally drawn to look like they're dead

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pD0A TIL as Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger delayed telling President Richard Nixon about the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973 to keep him from interfering
xV6K0 NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter burned up in the Martian atmosphere because engineers failed to convert units from English to metric.
R5VB4 TIL a significant part of what is now Belgium skipped Christmas in 1582, going from December 20th on the Julian calendar to December 31st on the Gregorian calendar.
yd1V TIL Zoey Dechanel was in an Offspring video, in the 90s
GAlyN TIL about Joseph Crater, a New York State Supreme Court Justice who mysteriously vanished amid a political scandal in August 1930. He was last seen leaving a restaurant on West 45th Street in Manhattan after having dinner with his mistress and a lawyer friend. His disappearance was never solved.