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TIL a group of ladybugs is called a “loveliness of ladybugs.”

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5n7p TIL that in 1976, North Korean soldiers murdered two American officers who were trying to trim a tree in the DMZ. The U.S. responded by sending a 813-man task force to cut the tree down.
5ZQB TIL that Galveston, Texas was ruled by French pirates between 1816 and 1821
dDprr TIL using a red cross as a health symbol in video games can be illegal and can violate the Geneva Conventions, as it's a protected emblem reserved for medical services in wartime
XEMaX TIL Kaiser Wilhelm once spanked Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, his cousin, while the Tsar was looking out a window. Because Wilhelm refused to apologize, the Tsar awarded a major arms contract to France instead of Germany.
6EXn8 TIL there is a group working on creating glow in the dark trees. They are working on splicing bioluminescent genes from Jellyfish/Mushrooms/etc. into trees which they could then breed for greater and greater brightness. The goal would be trees that could one day replace streetlights.