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TIL a Parasitoid is a parasite that kills its host

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E7Ep TIL Tony Iommi lost the tips of his middle and ring finger in an accident at the age of 17. He ended up tuning his strings to lower pitches so that the thimbles he had fitted could bend the strings more easily. This lead to Black Sabbath’s distinctive sound and the invention of heavy metal.
6E8Ql TIL 54 oenology (wine science) students were secretly given white wine dyed with tasteless red food coloring and they overwhelmingly described the flavors as if it were red wine.
d8vgB TIL A 17-year-old Canadian booked his ticket to go to space abroad Virgin Galactic to become the youngest person to ever go to space. It is understood that he will be accompanied by a parent for the trip, which costs $200,000 per ticket
g1n8 TIL the longest-serving death row inmate is a Japanese former boxer. He’s been in solitary confinement for 44 years. And he could well be innocent, as a 2012 DNA test revealed.
VMn90 TIL that tigers are the most revenge-seeking animals on Earth.