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TIL There are flies that have evolved to lose their wings and cannot fly

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WkrnY TIL physicists say they have found a exotic particle called Tetraquark
e04nJ TIL that in 1969, on the day Judy Garland passed away, a tornado hit Kansas
Z174 TIL Robot is Czech for serf labor and Asimov was the first to use the word Robotics
5Y7ND TIL Kleptothermy (heat-stealing) is observed in some male Canadian red sided garter snakes that mimic females by producing female-like pheromones when they emerge from hibernation so that other males mistakenly attempt to mate with them, thus transferring heat to them.
GGK5 TIL that in 1996, a small town in Utah mistakenly booked the band “Rage Against the Machine” causing a community uproar and inevitably a ban on concerts – Footloose style.