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TIL that ironically, the majority of the world’s chopsticks are made in America. Georgia, to be exact.

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0wbV1 TIL that Ichneumon wasps lay their eggs inside trees where they detect formerly laid and evolved wood wasp larvae. They paralize the other larvae through poison and then lay their single egg on top of it. Scientists are not sure how they find their victims through centimenters of solid tree bark
b9xQ4 Today I learned that most gelatin ( used to make gummy things and jello) is made from boiling cow's skin, ligaments and bone
4XXyw TIL that the exam committee for the Korean CSAT exam, consisting of around 700 people, spends 32 days in a secluded dormitory where all outwards communication is restricted to publish the test papers.
P10gE TIL Everglades National Park is the only place in the world where Alligators coexist with Crocodiles in the wild
wLwZP TIL NASA is proposing to cool the Yellowstone super volcano by drilling down 10km into the super volcano and pumping in water at a high pressure. They then plan to use the extracted heat as a resource for power.