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TIL Ladybugs are extremely promiscuous, and as a result have rampant STD'S

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eYnb TIL nearly 50% of A.I. researchers believe that progress in their field will result in significant job loss on a global scale within the next 20 years.
KOE4a TIL that Nicolaus Copernicus proposed the heliocentric solar system (making the sun the center of the solar system instead of earth) from his death bed because he was aware of the controversy it would cause and the danger it proposed to him. He was right.
0dbG5 TIL while sailing in the Vendée Globe (a solo around-the-world race), Tony Bullimore ran into winds in the Southern Ocean that reached 100mph, capsizing his boat. He managed to find an air pocket in the upside-down vessel in pitch darkness & survived there for 4 days with only a chocolate bar to eat
neYe7 TIL that Ringo Starr refused involvement with a documentary about the life of singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. This was odd considering the two had been very close friends. Starr said he turned it down because there are 3 people he finds it difficult to talk about: Lennon, Harrison, and Nilsson.
OaJ7 TIL that when Nickelodeon stole the Ren and Stimpy show from John Kricfalusi, they allowed him to retain the George Liquor character, as long as he didn’t become “a child molester or mass murderer,” to which John K. asked how many murders he would need to commit to make him a mass murderer.