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TIL that Daylight Saving Time was invented by a guy who wanted more time after work to collect insects for his collection

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LYBd TIL U2 pilots were given cyanide suicide pills. After a pilot almost accidentally ingested a suicide pill instead of candy during a flight, the suicide pills were put into boxes to avoid confusion.
d8ywB TIL Thomas Jefferson for many years "kept, as his concubine, one of his own slaves” named Sally Hemings.
edYD TIL some butterflies are half male and half female, with one colorful wing and one plain wing.
p8wGA TIL that despite China spanning five different time zones, the entire country uses the same time: Beijing Time (UTC+8:00). This causes sunrise to come as late as 9 am, during winter, and sunset to come as late as 9 pm, during summer, in certain parts of China.
b8k4 TIL “Deep Blue”, one of the largest great white sharks ever filmed, is estimated to be 50 years old… and was (at the time) pregnant!