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TIL there are terrestrial leeches in the jungles of Asia!

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KYBQG TIL that 2MASS J18082002−5104378 is the oldest star we know of at 13.5 billion years old. It is one generation of stars removed from the Big Bang, and has a companion star that is just as old!
oLdA TIL Psychologists think you can be either social or analytical at one time - and those factors suppress each other. If you’re being social, your analytical skills are suppressed, and vice versa.
aNZ0 TIL: That the mgm lion was in a plane crash and survived on sandwiches
D1ZJY TIL The Sound of Music is not completely accurate to the history of the Von Trapp family. The marriage of Maria and Georg was for practical reasons, rather than actual love for one another. Maria wrote, "I really and truly was not in love," but later acknowledged that she enjoyed a happy marriage.
Me8KW TIL that elephants are naturally afraid of bees and that farmers in Africa and India are using beehive fences as a safe and humane way to keep the elephants away, while at the same time pollinating their crops.