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TIL a Parasitoid is a parasite that kills its host

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rNoQ4 TIL that in 1946 Walt Disney produced a film named "Song of the South" that was never released on DVD or streaming market due to the subject matter of slavery portrayed in the film. It also happens to be the origin of the song "zippidy doo-da".
5Va1r TIL during the Victorian Era in London, people were scavenging for the fecal matter of dogs. This resource was valuable for leather tanning. The people were called "pure finders."
p8aMb TIL that the Greenland shark is deemed biologically immortal. With the estimated life span of up to a 500 years, reaching sexual maturity at around 150 years of age, the Greenland shark is the longest living vertebrate on the planet. Not a single specimen has been observed dying from old age.
j6BBQ TIL that in the Vietnam War, future Nebraska governor Bob Kerrey was complicit in a raid in which troops under his command killed 21 unarmed civilians, mostly children. He then falsely reported them as guerrillas. According to an American and Vietnamese witness, Kerrey had them shot in cold blood.
Z8vRG TIL that during the 1860s Italian reunification period, only about 2.5% of the future country could speak Italian.