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TIL that due to honey’s unique properties, it can remain preserved and edible for centuries

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kJnPE TIL hairworms, parasites which infect crickets and control their brain, can extend a male cricket's lifespan by removing his ability to chirp so it's harder for predators and competing crickets to find him. Hairworms may even share their immune system with its host.
VMxoG TIL Dolly Parton Recorded “9 to 5” Using Her Acrylic Nails as an Instrument
97bG TIL- Oscar winning actress Emma Thompson quietly adopted a former child soldier from Rwanda who now works as a human rights lawyer.
oBGmA TIL one of the biggest bank heists in history took place in Beirut where ~$2 billion was stolen
Z8e1v TIL In 2007, Iran arrested 14 squirrels who were suspiciously hanging around a nuclear enrichment plant. The fate of the squirrels is unknown.