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TIL some wasps can recognize each other’s faces

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e0dWg TIL Pablo Escobar has official merch. He even has his own line of smartphones called the Escobar Fold 2. His holding company, Escobar Inc., is currently being run by his brother, former head of assassinations for the Medellin cartel Roberto Escobar.
YpaNA TIL that in 1552 a man accidentally shot himself in the head with a longbow.
YPWA TIL In 1818, an Englishman was accused of murder claimed the right to trial by combat. To everyone’s surprise, the law granting him that right was still valid, and he was acquitted when his accuser declined to appear on the “field of honor.” Trial by combat was abolished the next year.
XED9X TIL that the rumbling sound you hear when closing your eyes tightly is caused the tensor tympani muscle contracting.
bVOQ TIL that a study performed by the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Clemson University found that three to six instances of double-dipping “would transfer about 10,000 bacteria from the eater’s mouth to the remaining dip.” The study concluded that double-dipping should be curtailed.