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TIL that rhinoceros beetles are popular pets in many parts of Asia and have been used in gambling fights.

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4XWa TIL that metallic smell from old pennies and keys is actually just the smell of sweat from our bodies reacting with the metal, not the metal itself.
4aKb TIL in 2008 a neo-Nazi group adopted a stretch of Missouri highway; much to the chagrin of state officials who couldn’t afford a lengthy legal battle. Instead, they renamed the highway after Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who fled the Nazis and became a prominent theologian and civil rights advocate
69rJ7 TIL That in 1981 the BBC as part of it's 'Computer Literacy Project' launched the BBC Micro, within 3 years almost every school in the UK had at least one unit and it was a major contributor to the development of computer awareness and skills across the UK.
d8b8B TIL that according to Greek mythology, the Anemone flower was created by the tears of Aphrodite mixing with the blood of her mortal lover Adonis, who had been fatally wounded by a wild boar. It is said that the flower represents Adonis' existence; beautiful, graceful and short lived.
Vde4 TIL that until 2006 Russian Cosmonauts carried weapons into space. This included a pistol, shotgun, and machete. The purpose of these weapons was to defend the Cosmonauts from wolves, bears and other wildlife after their return trip to the Siberian wilderness