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TIL That the Ichneumonidae, a species of wasp that laid it’s young in a live host, made Charles Darwin lose faith in a “benevolent God”

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DWQv TIL that one of the most common OTC decongestants is not clinically shown to be effective at decongesting you
NB8e TIL that Britain was at war with Sweden for almost 2 years without ever actually fighting. There were zero causalities and ships traded as usual.
GayG TIL there are more trees in the US today, than 100 years ago
nWWrB TIL bulls are not the only cattle born with horns. most cattle are debudded as calves.
b6MOa TIL about SuperDisk, a floppy disk developed by 3M in 1996 with up to 240 megabytes capacity. It had little success in North America and was discontinued in 2003