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TIL the Oriental Hornet’s exoskeleton has the ability to convert solar energy into electricity

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d8L4B TIL that School House Rock and Jay-Z were simultaneously selected to be added to the Library of Congress National Registry.
XEQvr TIL that India is named after the Indus River, almost 90% of which runs through Pakistan, their long time rival.
ANOoa TIL The wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Grant almost always posed in profile — and she had a personal reason for doing so. She had been born with an eye condition called strabismus, more commonly referred to as "crossed eyes."
wLgy7 TIL that the true last battle of the American Revolution was the Battle of Cuddalore... in India
v1dpB TIL Men initiate sex more than 3x as often as women do in a long-term, heterosexual relationship. However, sex happens far more often when the woman takes the initiative, implying that it’s the woman who sets limits, and that frequency of sex depends on how enthusiastic a couple are about it.