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TIL For every one Mexican citizen residing in Canada, there is 100 Mexican citizens residing in the United States

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XyxE TIL After WW1 devastated land France created a “Zone Rouge” designating uninhabitable areas. 100 years later they still exist and will take 700 years to fully clean.
X45j TIL there is a species of wasp that subdues a cockroach with two precise stings, takes it to its burrow by pulling on its antennae like a leash, blocks the entrance with pebbles, and then lays an egg inside the cockroaches’ body so that the baby wasp can feed on the zombie cockroach for days.
4knrg TIL In men diabetes can cause erectile dysfunction, over time it can lead to irreversible damage and a circumstance where ED drugs like Viagra no longer work.
BPje TIL that it was an Oracle Sales Rep who stormed the cockpit of flight 93 with his last words “Let’s Roll”
N7k9Q TIL about Humphrey the whale. Entered San Francisco Bay two times in 1985 and 1990. Both of his bay incursions resulted in rescue by the Marine Mammal Center, based in Marin County, California, assisted by the United States Coast Guard and hundreds of other volunteers.