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TIL that there is a certain type of Australian beetle which is threatened with exctinction because the male beetles try to have sex with beer bottles instead of females.

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4k4pR TIL about Linda Buonanno, an IBS patient who was relieved of symptoms by knowingly taking a placebo pill
OooyR TIL bison hunters did more to defeat the American Indian nations in a few years, than soldiers did in 50 years.
neQ0G TIL, the Shibuya Crossing, located in the Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, is said to be the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world. At peak times, over 1000 people cross at the same time, coming from all directions, and there is almost no loss of foot traffic at midnight or early morning.
wLOR1 TIL of the Kármán line, defining where atmosphere stops and space begins. Below 100km the "air" belongs to the country its over, but above 100km is free space.
mx5aE TIL that McDonald's Filet-O-Fish was created in 1962 for Catholics abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent. According to McDonald's, a quarter of all its Filet-O-Fish sandwiches were sold during Lent last year.