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TIL Jack Black’s mother was one of the engineers who helped design the Hubble Space Telescope.

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5YZJ8 TIL of the Asian corn borer, a species of moth that can mimic the echolocation sounds of a bat (their natural predator) and is used to paralyze females during courtship. Normally ineffective at copulating, when the male makes this sound - the female freezes in fear (thus making reproduction easier).
ZbaB TIL according to a study done by a cognitive neuroscientist, ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’ is the most feel-good song of all time.
8R9G TIL: An American charity pays drug addicts roughly $300 to get sterilized.
LD69 TIL right before President William McKinley was assassinated at a public reception, he had given his trademark good luck charm, a red carnation, to a 12-year old girl in the crowd.
eJbE TIL: Jackie Chan’s nickname Jackie has an Australian origin. His parents migrated to Australia and he joined them briefly, working on construction sites where a builder ‘Big Jack’ took 'Little Jack’, shortened to Jackie, under his wing.