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TIL A female cat is called a Queen

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Zpk5o TIL that a parasitic flatworm forms pulsing, brightly coloured sacs, called broodsacs, inside the tentacles of snails. It’s zombifying, caterpillar-shaped parasite pod that exists solely to trick birds into spreading the flatworm.
0d5kR TIL the Wife of Actor Anthony Perkins (Psycho) Tragically Passed in the September 11 attacks, as a Passenger on American Airlines Flight 11
Qj19 TIL Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States were the only countries to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Wkr4N TIL Subway’s iconic “Five Dollar Footlong” was birthed in two little Subways inside of the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
gDwy TIL, a “September 11th Security Fee” is applied every time you book a flight. The amount collected has risen from ~$1 billion in 2002 to ~$3.5 billion in 2015, and jumped $1.5 billion from 2014 to 2015. Currently, the fee is $11.20 per round-trip.