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TIL Signals that baffled astronomers for 17 years were traced to the observatory microwave

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VBLWk TIL Brighamia insignis, a species of Hawaiian lobelioid now requires hand pollination to reproduce because the only pollinator, a type of hawk moth, went extinct
WkgxN TIL a 7-year-old boy named Zhenya Tabakov was posthumously awarded Russia’s Order of Courage. He died defending his older sister from being assaulted by a criminal in their home. Zhenya stabbed him with a kitchen knife and he let his sister go. She ran for help. The criminal stabbed Zhenya 8 times.
V4QG TIL In 2010 a passenger secretly brought a crocodile onboard a plane. It escaped and everyone ran to the back of the plane which led to an imbalance and a crash killing 19 of the 20 onboard.
mxYoy TIL that Sesame Street introduced Julia, the first Sesame Street muppet with autism, to raise awareness about autism among children
R5WV7 TIL: Mobile Phone Throwing is an official sport that originated in Finland