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TIL Cicadas live underground for 17 years before coming out to mate

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x0wg Today I learned that an FBI agent sold secrets to the Soviets and Russia for 22 years, and when caught said, “what took you so long?”
YpDZA TIL Jean-Pierre Jeunet, director of Amélie, was deeply opposed to the musical adaption of his movie, but eventually sold the rights of the film for the piece to donate money to the Mecenat Chirurgie Cardiaque (Cardiac Surgery Patronage), which sponsors operations for needy children around the world
6EYdZ TIL Combining certain antidepressants with alcohol can cause acute kidney failure.
EML0 TIL that “God Bless the U.S.A. (Proud to be an American)” singer, Lee Greenwood once refused to play and walked out on a concert honoring Veterans, and other servicemen, because the final $2000 agreed upon in his contract wasn’t paid by cashiers check.
ANJYx TIL Gregor Mendel originally planned to use mice for his famous genetics research but was forced to use peas because a Bishop was uncomfortable mice would be having sex in the abbey.