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TIL there is a wasp called "Gasteruption jaculator"

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m10wO TIL the reason the stitch length dial goes from 0 to 4 or 7, depending on the sewing machine, is because the dial is calibrated in millimeters for stitches per inch.
5VXA8 TIL Many popular food dishes and food brands you’d find throughout the U.S, are outright banned in other countries.
LvDm TIL the Rolling Stone review for Abbey Road said, “Surely they must have enough talent and intelligence to do better than this,” calling songs on it “so heavily overproduced that they are hard to listen to.” It was later listed #14 on Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums list.
growD TIL that the Cuban macaw was traded and hunted by Native Americans, and by Europeans after their arrival in the 15th century. Many individuals were brought to Europe as cagebirds, and 19 museum skins exist today. No modern skeletons are known, but a few subfossil remains have been found on Cuba.
7rE5p TIL cupped pepperoni slices have a predetermined direction to form their cups, but the direction of heat from your oven overrides their natural tendencies