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TIL that wasps are carnivores. They typically eat other bugs but will also eat cooked meat and chicken

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45A5 TIL many german cities have artificial hills known as Schuttberge, created after WWII to deal with the debris of the destroyed buildings
AN6Lg TIL the British Library must store one copy of every single book published in the UK and Ireland. It houses over 200,000,000 publications, adds 6 miles (9.65 km) of new shelf space a year, and receives over 8000 new publications daily
4bBN TIL As a knife-wielding assassin jumped out of a crowd of people & lunged toward the President of the Maldives, a quick-thinking Boy Scout who was standing in the crowd in his uniform grabbed the blade & saved the leader’s life. As in the US, the motto of the Maldivian Boy Scouts is: “Be Prepared.”
R7MN8 TIL Hallucinatory 'voices' shaped by local culture. In the U.S.A., voices are harsh and threatening while those heard by schizophrenics in Africa and India tend to be more benign and playful.
R59Ra TIL that Casio got its start by its founder creating a ring that you could smoke a cigarette with