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TIL: In 2016 323 reindeer were killed in a lightning storm In Norway

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loLE1 TIL that Necrophoresis is a behavior found in social insects – such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites – in which they carry the dead bodies of members of their colony from the nest or hive area. This acts as a sanitary measure to prevent disease or infection from spreading throughout the colony.
vKp8 TIL British doctor Harold Shipman (AKA ‘Doctor Death’) was proven to have murdered at least 250 of his patients, but may have killed as many as 459 people, making him the most prolific serial killer in recorded human history.
VlGZ TIL The names Daisy, Megan, Molly, Peggy and Rita are all diminutives of the same name: Margaret
aw0Yo TIL Ronnie Barrett, the designer of the .50 cal M82 sniper rifle, was a photographer with no background in manufacturing or engineering
QNyV6 TIL singer-songwriter Jewel had a relationship with actor Sean Penn. He sought her out with a phone call to her father's home in Alaska after watching her television debut on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in 1995. Jewel's father assumed it was a prank call.