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TIL Lightning bugs lay their eggs in soil during the summer, not in fallen autumn leaves

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ZBpv TIL Queen Victoria survived 8 assassination attempts, 3 of which occurred within 5 weeks of each other, and 1 involving a British army officer who hit her over the head with a cane.
pYAl4 TIL That from the 1940s to the 1960s Lysol was used as contraception and a feminine hygiene product.
78epO Today I learned that Super Bowl I was broadcast on both NBC and CBS and that the video tapes of the game were subsequently wiped out by both networks to save costs.
PYkdw TIL the first time a state was represented in the U.S. Senate by two women was 1993 with California's Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. The state has only been represented by women in the Senate ever since.
QJjeE TIL Gonads are an actual medical term