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TIL that the male of a tiny Australian marsupial species called the antechinus goes into a mating frenzy once in its short life and has sex with as many females as possible until its body disintegrates.

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MnM7 TIL Guantanamo Bay is sometimes nicknamed “Strawberry Fields” after the Beatles song because detainees could be held there “forever.”
1Qm4 TIL that long before 1984 and Brave New World, there was a Soviet totalitarian dystopian novel. It was the first work of art banned by the Soviet censorship bureau and was almost completely forgotten as a result. It is also a very go and quick read.
v1YXD TIL Art Bell set a Guinness World Record by staying on the air for 116 hours and 15 minutes. Using the money raised on air, Bell chartered a plane to fly to Vietnam and rescue 130 stranded Vietnamese orphans, who were eventually brought to the United States and adopted by American families.
6007 TIL not long after John Lennon received his first guitar, his aunt Mimi (his guardian at the time) told him, “The guitar’s all very well, John, but you’ll never make a living out of it.” Three years later, The Beatles formed.
8axBV TIL Tama, the Japanese Stationmaster Cat was granted the posthumous status of Shinto goddess. Around 3,000 people attended her funeral.