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TIL that Tibetan monks must get permission from the Chinese government to reincarnate

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v14a8 TIL that to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve, revelers on Times Square are herded into pens. They have to stay in there for hours without any toilets, so many people wear adult diapers.
N7n86 TIL the red velvet ant is a species of parasitic wasp native to the eastern US. It is best known for its extremely painful sting, earning it the nickname cow killer. Female ants lay their eggs on the larvae of eastern cicada killers, and the ant grubs then consume their hosts.
p8daO TIL over 800,000 women served in the Red Army during World War 2, a significant portion of whom did so in combat roles; there were female snipers, machine-gunners, anti-air gunners, tank crews and even pilots, with some bomber regiments being made up entirely of women, including the ground crews.
D1J TIL That Actor Christopher Lee, Witnessed the Last Public Guillotine Execution in France.
MRga TIL: “Memes” are a scientific term for memetics and basically categorized as mental “virus” or “parasites” where they “infect” hosts to spread self replicating ideas…