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TIL Photuris beetles are the femme fatale of lightning bugs, refers to a behavior engaging in aggressive mimicry, imitating the light signals of other firefly species females to attract mates but Photuris beetles use it to attract, kill and eat the unsuspecting males of those other species.

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Q6KM TIL that Valery Spiridonov, a 31 year old man who suffers from Werdnig-Hoffman’s - a muscle-wasting disease which has left him in a wheelchair, has volunteered to partake in the world’s first head transplant which will take place as early as December of 2017.
vPZO4 TIL that the oldest verified supercentenarian lived to 122 and regularly smoked cigarettes up until the age of 117
QJM9a TIL that Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, two wealthy extremely entrepreneurs, sent each other gag Christmas gifts. Rockefeller sent Carnegie a cardboard vest to make fun of his poor childhood. In return Carnegie sent a fine whiskey to Rockefeller, a devout baptist who had given up drinking.
l7exB TIL that a juvenile orca started a fashion trend of wearing dead salmon as a hat and the whole group started wearing them.
GYag7 TIL Phil Lynott was so proud of his Irish heritage that every time he was talking to a journalist who said something untrue about Ireland, Lynott would "give the guy a history lesson".