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TIL that M&M stands for Mars and Murrie’s

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XEQXR TIL That despite the commonly held belief that the Earth's Moon's name is "Luna", this is in fact not true, the official name for Earth's Moon is just "Moon"
OodaY TIL that the Irukandji, a jellyfish from Australia that is less than an inch big, has a sting which causes feelings of impending doom, incredible lower back pain, relentless nausea and vomiting, full body cramps, and profuse sweating.
YpMQZ TIL that a honeybee's ejaculation is so strong, humans can hear it
J1vbk TIL that the modern practice of crowdfunding projects on the Internet was first successfully pioneered in the late 90s by the British Neo-prog Band Marillion.
ney6d TIL that Napoleon's first language was not French. He grew up speaking Corsican and Italian and did not learn French until age 10. Throughout his life he spoke French with a heavy Corsican/Italian accent and never mastered French spelling.