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TIL Ladybugs are highly promiscuous cannibals and were found to have the first known case of STDs in insects

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m9Kv TIL of Unit 684 an expendable South Korean black-ops team of 31 convicted criminals whose mission was to kill North Korea’s premier Kim Il-sung
loN07 Why is your cat purring? He might be happy to see you, or hungry, or hurt...or he might just be trying to regenerate his bones.
Nmw6 TIL New College (f 1379) has a hall made with oak beams. A century ago it was found the beams were infested w/ beetles; Finding replacements would be difficult, however, in the 1300s New College had planted groves of oak trees w/ the sole purpose to replace the beams when they became full of beetles
Pd6n TIL: Thirty-five percent of people are born without wisdom teeth. Experts believe they will eventually be gone.
kWQ4 TIL in Japan there is a family that has run the same hotel for nearly 1,300 years (founded in 705) or 46 generations