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TIL lady bug larvae look absolutely nothing like lady bugs, but more like emo ants

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gMbDD TIL Contrary to what they tell you in Hollywood movies, Secret Service agents do not swear an oath to lay down their life for the President. However, they’re trained to protect the president at all times, and if that involves taking a bullet, so be it
oJ7o TIL the Statue of Liberty was originally supposed to preside over the entrance to the Suez Canal in Port Sa'id, Egypt.
v11lx Here's what happens to your brain when it's surrounded by the noise of nothingness.
ADEjg TIL that Gustav Holst composed an orchestral suite, The Planets, with seven movements, one for each of the non-Earth planets. The piece was composed in the 1910s and Pluto was excluded because it wasn't discovered until 1930. The piece remains accurate even today... for now.
e0rOE TIL Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space. She also was a doctor in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, started her own business, writes children’s books, has produced and directed modern dance plays, and was also in a few episodes of Star Trek.