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TIL some wasps can recognize each other’s faces

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gENy TIL of a website called MakeLoveNotPorn that shows videos of regular people having sex. It is dedicated to making sex less culturally taboo and works to subvert the negative ideas about sex and sexuality that are propagated by porn.
0w9kj TIL that on June 10, 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by Dr. Bob Smith and Bill Wilson when Wilson gave Dr. Bob a beer to steady his hands before an operation he was to perform, and they promised to help each other remain sober and to work with others to do the same.
Lrmr TIL Samuel L. Jackson started using the word “motherfucker” to overcome his lifelong stuttering problem
awaAb TIL the Roman Emperor Vespasian wanted to see the Dead Sea for himself. Once there, he ordered certain persons who were unable to swim to be flung into the deep water with their hands tied behind them. Naturally, they rose to the surface and and floated
pA5Z TIL that every US President is/was related to George Washington, except Gerald Ford.