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TIL that butterflies taste through 'chemoreceptors' in their feet. As soon as they land on a plant, they can detect whether it is sense sweet, bitter, sour or salty.

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4Wab TIL - Tim Burton was reportedly uncomfortable with casting Christopher Walken as Max Shreck in Batman Returns. When the casting director asked him why he said, “Because that man scares the hell out of me.”
R7586 TIL that the Michelin Guide, suspended during WWII, was reprinted for the Allies as it was deemed to have the most up-to-date maps.
J1Da8 TIL about Lydia Litvyak aka White Lily of Stalingrad, the world's first female fighter pilot to score a kill in combat and later to become the first of the only two female fighter aces, scoring 12 solo and 4 team aerial victories in about a year of active combat duty. She was KIA aged 21 years old.
wowDP TIL the samurai Yanagizawa Yoshisato helped his samurai clan pay off their debts by selling goldfish. He took his best goldfish breeders over to the town of Koriyama so they could use its plentiful waters for this. His clan made goldfish more available to the general public and not just the rich.
R78B8 TIL that Mr. Rogers saved PBS from massive budget cuts by giving a 7 minute testimony to Congress. At the conclusion of Mr. Rogers testimony about how he helps children deal with their emotions and to feel special, Senator Pastore proclaimed “Looks like you just earned the $20 million.”