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- ... that the leafhopper species Eurymela distincta (pictured) is often accompanied by ants that eat its sugary excrement?
- ... that the Dutch admiral Cornelis Speelman called the Javanese Muslim nobleman Raden Kajoran a "prophet of the devil"?
- ... that The Formation World Tour by Beyoncé featured a 60-foot (18 m) tall rotating LED cube as the stage's focal point, nicknamed the "Monolith" by designers?
- ... that gay Jewish poet Jacob Hiegentlich committed suicide days after the Nazis invaded the Netherlands?
- ... that the Indian reservation for the Cowlitz Tribe of Washington state was established for the construction of a casino?
- ... that the original draft for the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World was over 1,000 pages and had to be significantly cut?
- ... that the military historian Clifford Kinvig, whose surname is an anagram of Viking, came from an Isle of Man family?
- ... that The Big Treehouse covers 5,000 square feet (460 m2) and has 12 levels that reach five and a half stories tall?