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More diverse communities of bugs set up camps in living rooms more than kitchens

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woEBP TIL that Frank Sinatra carried 10 dimes and was also buried with them in his pocket after his son Frank Jr. was kidnapped in 1963. The kidnappers demanded he communicate by payphone only, and he was afraid he wouldn't have enough coins for the conversations.
0wJry TIL of Chau Smith, a woman who ran 7 marathons in 7 consecutive days on 7 continents in celebration of her 70th birthday.
KR56 TIL, test pilot Tex Johnson did a barrel roll in a prototype 707 during a first look at a an air show with a lot of potential customers in attendance. When his boss called him into his office and said “What the hell were you doing?”, he replied “Selling Airplanes.”.
KaLB TIL carrots aren’t actually that good for rabbits, since they are high in sugar, and they don’t form a natural part of their diet.
vvEx TIL because they had banned nuclear power, New Zealand refused to let US warships dock in their waters. This led to a ban on NZ ships at U.S. defense and coast guard bases around the world, and being considered “a friend, but not an ally” for 26 years.