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TIL In tropical rainforest ecosystems, dung is a very valuable and limited resource, so instead randomly searching for it on the forest floor, dung beetles actually wait by the anus of the monkey. They grab it as it falls out and actually fall to earth with it.

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d8oR8 TIL that when A Bug's Life was released in 1998 the rhinoceros beetle Dim was not based on any known species. Eight years later a Peruvian rhinoceros beetle was discovered with a very similar horn. Such discoveries of "fictional" creatures later revealed to be real have been dubbed "the Dim Effect".
KNRJ TIL - Dubai is littered with abandoned supercars due to Sharia law. Late payments are punishable by law.
OG8G7 TIL Hedgehogs belong to the order of Eulipotyphla which means "truly fat and blind"
VpRB TIL A high schooler was pranked for 3 years which involved a paid plane ride, a mystery/scavenger hunt, time traveling, and a surprise lead role in another high school’s musical based on his adventures. He documented everything in pictures and video.
LNkV TIL Rube Goldberg never built a Rube Goldberg Machine. He was a cartoonist and only drew them out.