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TIL dense bedbug colonies go extinct in captivity as the adult females die from traumatic insemination.

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9kB7 TIL: Swear words are processed in a separate part of the brain from regular speech (and they actually reduce pain!)
oBnKA TIL that non-smokers have wider more rigid erections when compared to smokers, according to a study. This is a result of smoking causing damage to blood vessel walls and reducing their elasticity.
8epNK TIL The first person clinically diagnosed with Autism is still alive. Donald Grey Triplett who is 89 years old.
E1Omd TIL that 89% of people who own a programmable thermostat don't actually program it.
5VVyr TIL of Wenceslao Moguel, a Mexican soldier fighting for Pancho Villa who was captured and sentenced to death without a trial in 1915. He was shot 9 times in the body and once in the head but managed to survive and live (disfigured) until 1976.