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

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jgaM TIL that only 1% of Jordanians surveyed in 2003 had a favorable opinion of the United States, compared to 14% in 2015.
0wOZ1 TIL In 1906 a tomb (KV50) containing a well preserved mummified dog was discovered in the Valley of the Kings. Also, they found some of the dog’s belongings. They were fragrance bottle, a food bowl and a water bowl that has some inscriptions and Nile fish drawings.
woKn1 TIL only 10% of men in the world are 6ft +. Even in the US only 15% are above it.
W7eb4 TIL that US Olympic swimmer Iris Cummings is not only the last surviving athlete of the 1936 games, she was a WASP pilot in World War II and flew fighter planes.
R5Dv4 TIL all the world’s bacteria stacked on top of each other would stretch for 10 billion light-years. Together, Earth's 0.001mm-long microbes could wrap around the Milky Way over 20,000 times.