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TIL that particular variety of figs are pollinated by wasps that climb inside it, lay eggs and are digested inside.

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Rvna TIL no one knows what Jesus looked like; “The artistic depictions down the ages have total and complete variation, which indicates that nobody did a portrait of Jesus or wrote down a description, it’s all been forgotten.”
YpAXd TIL there is a 1,700 year old Ethiopian counterpart of the Rosetta Stone called the Ezana Stone. The inscription commemorates Ethiopian military victories and their conversion to Christianity in their native language Ge’ez, as well as ancient Greek and South Arabian Sabaen.
NXB8J TIL you can become a certified rat tickler.
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