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

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xVVBB TIL the "Hitler" mustache was originally coined as the "Toothbrush Mustache" before Hitler came along. It was also known as the 1/3, the postage stamp, and the soul stache.
VBElD TIL that writers die young, with poets tending to have the shortest lifespans compared to novelists, playwrights, and non-fiction writers; the phenomenon is cross-cultural.
yQ6Jw TIL of the Pamir, the last commercial sailing ship, operated until 1957
N7daE TIL that before the coup d'état in 1953 Mohammad Mosaddegh was regarded as the leading champion of secular democracy and resistance to foreign domination in Iran’s modern history, and that the coup partly took place because Iran nationalized its oil industry.
oBMBA TIL The United States has 20 aircraft/helicopter carrier ships; the rest of the world combined has 24