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TIL that Google founded Calico, an anti-ageing company designed to ultimately cure death

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9jOm TIL when Edwin Edwards ran for governor against the grand wizard of the KKK, David Duke, people were worried that Edwards would lose because of his indictments for fraud and bribery. Faced with the alternative, people created bumper stickers that read, “Vote for the crook, it’s important.”
xyQD TIL one out of every four animals on Earth is a beetle.
5Nkk TIL that a single Finnish man hid in the Finland forests during WW2 and killed over 500 Soviets in less than 100 days. He was nicknamed “White Death” by the Soviets and they focused missions entirely on him.
JY4b1 TIL famed fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent's one regret was that he didn't invent blue jeans. He said, "They have expression, modesty, sex appeal and simplicity, all I hope for in my clothes."
e6Wb TIL In 1910 Dr. George Levick witnessed Penguins engaging in necrophilia during an Antarctic expedition; he was so ashamed about his discovery, the pamphlet in which he recorded his findings was hidden for over 100 years.