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TIL some millipedes will sing and give back rubs to relax a female while mating

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prKO TIL the Chinese wrote about the Roman Empire in the 3rd Century
4MKo TIL that Franklin Roosevelt was the first sitting US president to ride aboard an airplane, over 40 years after its invention.
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LkbZd TIL there once lived a species of pterodactyl dubbed Cryodrakon boreas, which translates to "frozen dragon of the north wind," that had a wingspan of 33 feet, about as wide as an F-16 fighter jet.
OGZKR TIL after teddy bears (named for Teddy Roosevelt) became popular, there was an attempt to market billy possums (named for William Taft). It was unsuccessful.