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

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wL5lP TIL Alexander the Great visited the philosopher Diogenes before he went on his campaign that would make him 'Great'. Alexander wanted to fulfill a wish for Diogenes and asked him what he desired. Diogenes replied "Stand out of my light."
WOJB TIL, Palam Kalyanasundaram, donated his entire salary for 30 years, his retirement pension, to the needy. Conferred “The man of the millennium, he also donated the INR 30-crore award money. He is the first person in the world to spend the entire earnings for a social cause.
7rMLL TIL Keurig K-Cups are non-recyclable, non-biodegradable, and generate a ton of plastic waste. They are so environmentally unfriendly that its own inventor has said: “I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it.”
mwZR TIL King Herod “The Great” was so concerned that no one would mourn his death that he ordered a large group of distinguished men be killed at the time of his death to cause more widespread grief. His Son and Sister never carried out his request.
nKK7 TIL scientists were monitoring whale stress levels by analyzing their poop and found that their stress plummeted sharply after the 9/11 attacks. After shipping traffic was halted, the oceans quieted down and made it easier for whales to communicate with each other