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TIL that cicadas pee by ejecting water from their bodies and there’s a term called cicada rain.

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B4aW TIL that Joseph Heller, when told by an interviewer that he had “never produced anything else as good as Catch-22,” responded: “Who has?”
p8elA TIL the Stuxnet virus that infected Iran's nuclear program was set to blast AC/DC's Thunderstruck at full volume at midnight
lJdV TIL that North Korea has abducted–in addition to around 485 South Koreans–Japanese, Chinese, Malaysians, French, Italians, and other citizens mainly for them to teach languages at spy schools.
j6JRR TIL that foetuses do not develop consciousness until 24 weeks of gestation, thus making the legal limit of 22-24 weeks in most countries scientifically reasonable.
7dRZ TIL An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, has finally claimed the title by climbing it once again