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TIL that ladybirds (ladybugs) can carry STD's. Ranging from fungi to sexually transmitted mites.

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jdJR TIL that the Iphone manual says that when using your phone, it should be kept 15 millimetres from your body. BlackBerry suggests that users keep the phone 25 millimetres from their body.
rNm6y TIL that the oldest known reference to crisps (potato chips) dates to 1817, when an Englishman named William Kitchiner included them in his book 'The Cook's Oracle'
jNmQa TIL: England had a huge array of crimes punishable by the death penalty, with some odd ones in there like "being in the company of Gypsies for one month"
9enr TIL There are two styles of ginger ale: golden and dry. Dry is the only style produced by major soda companies.
P1JWE TIL that Greg Buckingham, older brother of Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, won a silver medal in the 1968 Olympics