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TIL Melanophila Beetles have the hottest sex, programmed to mate in the midst of fire

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9DWm TIL that killing someone to prevent the theft of property is legal in Texas. A jury used that standard to acquit a man who shot a prostitute who ran away with his money in 2013.
OGaR1 TIL that “Blue Shell” is actually a fan nickname, with it’s official name being “Spiny Shell”
mxVNp Armed with thick, helmet-like plates on their foreheads and powerful legs that can run up to 30 miles per hour, cassowaries are often called “living dinosaurs.”
kJwW7 TIL there was a Call of Duty game for the PS2
77kb TIL that during the first artificial insemination, a woman was chloroformed in front of six medical students and the “most attractive” student gave his semen. The woman was not told that her husband wasn’t the father until the child was 25, and the medical student published an article.