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TIL 1 acre of hemp can produce as much paper as 4 acres of trees, be recycled more often, and lasts centuries longer.

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EgDXx TIL female worms shrivel and die after giving birth due to the presence of male sperm and seminal fluid
VBLX4 TIL there is a LARP party in Czechia, where you roleplay contemporary rural Americans
GYZa1 TIL Libyan leader Gaddafi spoke a dialect of Arabic that was hard for other Arabs to understand and often spoke for hours without notes by saying the first thing that came into his head. He once spoke at the London School of Oriental and African Studies by direct satellite and was 90% unintelligible
9YrvQ TIL of The Golden State Killer, a serial killer who committed more than 120 alleged burglaries, 50 assaults, and 13 murders in California. His operated from 1974-1986. There was a 5-year gap between his last 2 murders. He would phone and taunt his victims. A suspect was arrested in 2018.
A7Na TIL that leaf cutter ants do not eat leaves. They feed the leaves to a fungi within their nest and then feed off the fungi. This is an example of Mutualism, which is a type of Symbiosis.