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TIL The horned dung beetle is the strongest insect in the world, hundreds of times stronger than an ant

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K7rE TIL 9 year old “Vietnam Girl” famously photographed after having all her clothes and more then a third of her skin completely burned off her body by a napalm bombing, somehow miraculously survived, then left Vietnam, and is now a Canadian Citizen working in Ontatio.
W499 TIL Beethoven hated giving piano lessons unless they were for exceptionally talented students or attractive young women of whatever talent. He was also a notorious space cadet and never learned how to multiply or divide
XE0oE TIL In 1780, approximately 5,500 French soldiers landed in Rhode Island to assist their American allies in operations against British-controlled New York City
16ZKr TIL: Mexican Ranchero named Don Alejo (aged well in his 70s) killed 4 Los Zetas cartel members after they attempted to seize his ranch. He boarded up windows and used only his hunting rifles placed around his house. He died after they destroyed his house with grenade launchers.
9egm TIL that Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime