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TIL most edible figs have at least one liquified wasp in them

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X0618 TIL that a 71 year old woman from Sri Lanka named Akila Thirunayaki won 2 gold medals by running barefoot against her opponents in the field at the 2023 Asia Masters Athletics Championships.
6EN7m TIL, Chernobyl wildlife flourished after the disaster, implying humans are more detrimental than severe radiation.
7rBPx TIL that in 2019, singer Mike Posner announced he would walk completely across the United States. On August 7, his walk was delayed a few weeks after he was bitten by a rattlesnake in Colorado and airlifted to a local hospital. He finished his walk across America on October 18, 2019.
yVlBw TIL that in 1991, flight deck crewman John Bridges was sucked into the intake of an A-6E aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt. Incredibly, he survived because he became wedged in the engine.
Oxl4 TIL Ten days after the Chernobyl disaster, further risk of massive thermal explosion was identified, then three men known as “The Chernobyl divers” volunteered to swim through pooled water under leaked reactor to find and release the safety valves. They died few days later due to radiation exposure