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TIL that until the mid 1900s, French cooking had a delicacy made from a type of bug called "cockchafers".

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YEmB TIL in 1999, the leader of North Korea was Kim Jong-il - and the leader of South Korea was Kim Jong-pil
Z858D TIL of Project X-Ray. This cancelled World War 2 weapon, when deployed, would disperse Mexican free-tailed bats carrying small incendiary bombs. The bats would then roost onto buildings before igniting. It was intended to be used in Japan, were many buildings were made of wood and paper.
5YQwn TIL Ferret means "little thief" and a group of them is called a "business". Also, if excited, they perform a behavior called the "weasel war dance".
xVw17 TIL that despite 12 Angry Men being a great film, actions of Juror 8 conducting outside research on the knife and speculating about women's vision would have led to a mistrial by the letter of the law.
R76Qa TIL the world's largest single site of dinosaur bones lies quietly beside a Canadian town of just 37 people.