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TIL some wasps can recognize each other’s faces

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xVYYw TIL about Crystal Defanti, a teacher who in 2009, accidentally gave students DVD copies of her sex tape instead of a DVD with classroom memories.
OGxA6 TIL that in 1900, a physician named Jesse William Lazear wanted to prove that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. He allowed an infected mosquito to bite him, and he became infected with yellow fever, proving the hypothesis correct. He died 17 days later.
vPLYL TIL Richard Feynman and his wife, Gweneth Howarth, bought a Dodge Tradesman Maxivan in 1975, and had it painted with Feynman diagrams. The license plate was ‘QANTUM’.
W7pvo TIL that in 2011 a court in the U.K. banned a man with a 48 IQ from having sex determining that he didn't have the mental capacity to understand the health risks associated with his actions.
EgGPV TIL The United States of America has the highest prison population in the world