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TIL about lava crickets, crickets that make their home in cooled lava and drink seafoam to survive

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DOyr TIL Koala fingerprints and human fingerprints are so alike that crime scene experts can mistake one for the other.
J1YQV TiL : in 2010 underground art/protest group Voina ("war") drew a towering penis graffiti in 23 seconds on a bascule bridge in St. Petersburg. When raised, it was directly opposite the FSB (former KGB) headquarters. [NSFW]
NM61 Til that Catch 22 refers to the US army clause 22 which states that all persons with mental issues should be removed from active combat upon request. However requesting removal from active combat is a sign of mental stability as it is the self preservation function of the brain working
p8PyA TIL that in 1710, almost 100 years before the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Native American leaders traveled to Great Britain to meet the Queen.
JkRm TIL There are 1,560 people in the US who had identical first and last names, of which, Thomas Thomas was the most common