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TIL the "ultimate parasitic ant" spends most of its adult life clinging to the back of its host, laying two eggs every minute.

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gdgL TIL that in 1985, 2 men broke into Fran Drescher’s home and one of them raped Fran and her friend and gunpoint while Fran’s husband was tied up and forced to watch the ordeal.
XElMj TIL a study found that the amount couples spend on an engagement ring and their ceremony is inversely associated with marriage duration. Couples who spend more on their weddings are more likely to get divorced.
mxpDR TIL that David Koresh, leader of the Branch Davidian ranch cult in Waco was a songwriter and musician that attempted to make it big in Hollywood. (Fact #5 on list in link)
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