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

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1l5D TIL German is the second most used content language on the Internet
N71bE TIL that until 1913, children in the United States could legally be sent by mail
J88 TIL NFL player LaVar Arrington was named after Star Trek and Reading Rainbow actor, Levar Burton.
GAQZE TIL after Mr. Rogers car was stolen, the story was picked up by every newspaper, radio and media outlet around town. Within 48 hours the car was left in the exact spot where it was taken from, with an apology on the dashboard. It read, "If we'd known it was yours, we never would have taken it."
wLKlo TIL of Howard Blackburn—a sailor who, after becoming stranded and losing his mittens in a small boat off the coast of Newfoundland, let his hands freeze in a hooked position so he could row back to shore. He lost all his fingers, but survived and went on to sail across the Atlantic single-handedly.