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

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95wm TIL the Roman calendar used to have ten months and that the word October means “8th month”, November means “9th month”, and December means “10th month.”
lB17 TIL only once has a submarine sunk another sub while both were underwater
wolD7 TIL It took 51 years and 3 amateurs to solve a particular cypher sent by the Zodiac Killer
4XbJo TIL Serial killer Edmund Kemper buried one of his victim's head in his mother's garden facing upward toward her bedroom. After his arrest, he stated that he did this because his mother "always wanted people to look up to her."
X0Pe8 TIL that former king of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk directed and produced 50 films in his lifetime.