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TIL that charcoal beetles fly into forest fires to mate and lay eggs because competition and predators will be low. They sense distant fires using infrared armpit sensors.

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96ZX TIL that an attempted massacre at a school was prevented in Israel, because it was the Passover holiday, and none of the children were at school.
oxY8 TIL that Iran has executed 4,000 people for being homosexual in the last 35 years, but also provides state funds for sex-change operations so that transsexuals can enter heterosexual relationships.
p15p TIL: Trading Places’ Was Originally Written for Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor
rR8jo TIL out of the 1000 oldest companies in the world, more than half of them come from Japan.
kOw9E TIL that in 1994 Rashida Jones (Karen from The Office & Ann from Parks and Rec.) wrote an open letter to Tupac in response to remarks made by him about her parents' interracial marriage. They eventually patched up their differences and Tupac went on to become friends with Rashida and her family.