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TIL Forensic entomology is a field of forensic science that uses insects found on corpses to help solve criminal cases.

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XEDdj TIL The Co-Founder of D.H.L spent approximately $10 million on virgin prostitutes because he was desperately afraid of AIDS.
g7n4 TIL that there is a street made out of wood in Philadelphia
ABLo TIL that Canada accidentally signed in the wrong spot on the Japanese surrender treaty at the end of WWII, messing up the order of the document.