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TIL some wasps can recognize each other’s faces
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TIL that the 1971 Doors song "Riders on the Storm" partially references an American hitchhiking killer, Billy "Cockeyed" Cook in its lyrics. In 1950-51, Cook murdered six people, including a family of five, on a 22-day rampage between Missouri and California.
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TIL Joseph Strauss, the engineer of the golden Gate Bridge, mandated that a net be installed under the bridge for safety while being built. This was revolutionary at the time. The net caught 19 men who fell, saving all of them from a certain death.
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TIL Noted author Neil Gaiman's father, David, was a prominent figure in the church of Scientology in the UK. Neil, at age 7, was interviewed about it. He has long since left the church.
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TIL a Ukrainian nationalist politician claimed that Mila Kunis was not a true Ukrainian and called her a “zhydovka,” which translates as “dirty Jewess.” The Ukrainian justice ministry ruled that using the term to describe a Jewish person was legal
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TIL In June 2014 scientists discovered an ocean under Earth’s crust that contains 3x the water of the surface’s oceans.