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TIL that wasps are actually just as good pollinators as bees are. A similar quantity of pollen grains stick to and fall off of paper wasps as with bumblebees

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0dM4N TIL of the Pratfall Effect, where highly competent individuals tend to become more likeable after committing mistakes while average-seeming individuals tend to become less likeable even if they commit the same mistakes.
7rWVM TIL that Harvard University said it can't afford journal publishers' prices and wants scientists to make their research open access and resign from publications that keep articles behind paywalls
E0Ao TIL The MI6 double agent Kim Philby informed his wife of his defection via a telegram from Russia which read: “Farewell forever. Love to the children.”
ANPDo TIL that, despite using the same alphabet (Hangul), North Korea and South Korea order the letters differently, with NK placing new letters at the end of the alphabet and SK grouping similar letters together
loPvG TIL The Paris Peace talks involving North and South Korea back in 1968 were stalled because neither country could agree on the shape of the negotiating table.