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TIL there’s at least one parasitic wasp species that preys on every known insect species

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9YmLM TIL that while chicken is the most slaughtered animal in the world, the #2 spot is held by ducks. Rabbits are #4 and Cattle is all the way in ninth place.
awbnN TIL that Samsung made Autonomous sentry guns and tanks for the South Korean Military
ogDr TIL platypuses don’t have stomachs
OGJ57 TIL that the King of Tonga keeps an official court jester, the only such appointment in any modern royal court.
eYg TIL Economic researchers at Yale managed to successfully train Capuchin monkeys to understand and use currency. The result? The monkeys used it to buy….sex.