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TIL bees are more closely related to ants than to wasps.

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BgwMd TIL that philosopher Moritz Schlick was assassinated by a former student, who claimed Schlick’s anti-metaphysical philosophy had “interfered with his moral restraint”.
5YKGp TIL of Xie Jianshun, a Taiwanese soldier who was discovered to be intersex. When the doctors examined him they concluded that his male gonad tissue was deteriorating and decided it was for the best that he undergo sex reasignment surgery. The transition was then imposed on Xie against his wishes.
m1JQO TIL 1 in 5 people in shock will die due to it.
b9aDQ TIL in 1981 President Ronald Reagan fired the entire air traffic controllers union, invoking a law that stated government employees that engaged in a strike forfeited their jobs.
E1amW Today I learned of the California case Lodi v. Lodi, where a man sued himself, represented himself, and won by default after he failed to show up. The court wrote that “it is hard to imagine a more even-handed application of justice,”.