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TIL May 25th is also Towel Day, a worldwide celebration of Douglas Adams and his many contributions to literature, in which participants carry around a towel with them all day. Don’t Panic!

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P1nme TIL There is a wasp which lays an single egg inside a ladybird. Once the larva emerges up to 27 days later after feasting upon the ladybirds body, it turns the ladybird into a 'zombie', guarding it as the larva pupates in a cocoon under the ladybird. up to 25% of ladybirds survive this process.
PYl0n TIL of the concept of Yūgen (幽玄) an important concept in traditional Japanese aesthetics that doesn't have an English equivalent. It is said to mean "a profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe ... and the sad beauty of human suffering".
KOP9 TIL that the Romans had the same goddess for their sewage system as for protecting sexual intercourse in marriage
eW7b TIL: The word for stretching and yawning at the same time: pandiculation
mdKo TIL that the average age of NASA engineers at the time of Apollo 11 was 28. Nowadays it’s 47