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TIL an entomologist in Colorado wrote a love song about the Cicada mating season to help people understand why they’re so loud.

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5YvLp TIL: In 2006 a lost Christian gospel was translated and read for the first time in over 1500 years. In The Gospel of Judas, Jesus says the Abrahamic God is an evil lesser God named Saklas that created humanity, but that there is a higher God named Barbelo that he is the Son of.
XJK6 TIL that in WW2, Poland had an officially enlisted bear in its army that would give ammo to troops.
awLXL TIL about mass suicides; occurring as early as 206 BC in Astapa to as late as 1946 in Bali, Indonesia. These mass suicides, which can reach a toll of thousands, are a form of political protest of defeated groups against their aggressors and are regarded as an honorable act of heroism.
N7XB6 When you have an entire planet to explore, how do you decide where to land the rover? There’s no wrong place to start, according to planetary geologist Bethany Ehlmann. Anywhere on the planet, there's always something new to learn from a rover expedition.
rGXo TIL a huge, tracked vehicle was used in warfare in the mid 1800’s. It was called “The Megatherium war horse”.