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TIL the President of Argentina has a son who is an Instagram cosplay/drag sensation with 505k followers.

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X14E TIL that instead of venom, the Braconid wasp produces an immune-suppressing virus which paves the way for its parasitic larvae. This adaptation is the result of a 100-million year old virus which altered the wasp’s DNA leading to the formation of an organ whose sole purpose is to assemble the virus.
9YXlQ TIL that Tomohiro Nishikado, inventor of Space Invaders, is terrible at video games and struggles to clear the first level of his iconic arcade game.
rNW10 TIL: In 1995, parts of a crashed AA flight appeared for sale around Miami. Scavengers had used a helicopter to steal the parts from the crash site. Overall sales of counterfeit airplane parts led to at least 174 airplane accidents/incidents between '73 -'96 & hundreds of convictions during the '90s.
XEPoD TIL about George and Otto, a ventriloquist act. After performing at the Adult Video Awards ceremony, they were asked not to come back, their act was too offensive. One of the first George dummies was destroyed after it got into an argument which led to the puppet being attacked with a knife.
GAr7G TIL in 1860 that a French man by the name of Antoine de Tounens went to the Araucanía region, proclaimed the Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia, and became its first and only king. The country only lasted 2 years as the Chilean authorities occupied the country and arrested him.