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TIL that in a few Appalachian forests there are fireflies that glow blue for up to a minute instead of flashing yellow

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oBQmA TIL the first recorded instance of human flight is of a Chinese prince named Yuan Huangtou, who was forced to participate in an experiment in which he was strapped to a kite and flown off a tower.
4XGmo TIL The same bomber group that nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the 509th Composite Group, was also the first U.S. Military group to respond to the 9/11 attacks. The group was at the time (2001) and still is known as the 509th Bomb Wing, stationed in Whiteman AFB, Missouri.
j64aE TIL there were two thriller movies with Zzyzx in their title, Zzyzx and Zzyzx Road, both released in February 2007. The latter became the lowest grossing movie of all time.
oBPp8 TIL: Peregrine Falcons are one of the most common birds of prey, living in every continent except Antarctica.
eppZ4 TIL that microorganisms are conditioned to treat our wastewater, specifically Phosphate (PO4). we reduce oxygen levels in the water to almost suffocate the microbes. Then we give them tons of oxygen bubbles. after that we but them back into anaerobic conditions. the microbes now eat the O of the PO4