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TIL fireflies really exist and are not just mythical creatures pop bands from the '10's like to sing about.

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1WDX TIL You shouldn’t use Calvin Klein’s “Obsession” scent when you are on a Safari. Cheetahs,Tigers, Jaguars and other wild cats are attracted by it. Scientists use it to count the population of these animals better.
oRKZ8 TIL - the 1923 Okeh Laughing Record from Germany had no credited performers, making it the first and only anonymous record to ever chart
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m1LOP TIL the largest known arthropod, Jaekelopterus, was 8 feet long—about the same length as an average adult female American alligator
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