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TIL that Wrinkles the clown was hired by desperate parents in Florida to scare and rein in their misbehaving kids.

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JNBk TIL that the Parrot fish eat coral and poop sand and are responsible for many of the islands and beaches of the Caribbean.
awbkA TIL that in the US Civil War, the prisoner exchange system broke down over the CSA's treatment of the Union's black soldiers. Officially, the CSA tried them as rebellious slaves, a capital offense. In practice, they were often just killed instead of captured.
vP4gB TIL of the Jewel Wasp who Zombiefies cockroaches with an injection to the brain and then leads the cockroach to its den like a pet to lay its larve in it that can feed on the fresh cockroach flesh when it hatches.
0dPry TIL that the 2009–2011 Toyota recalls affected 9 million vehicles, and investigations revealed that unintended acceleration was mostly due to mechanical issues or driver error, not electronic defects
d0WB TIL the ancient Japanese would use a wooden stick called a kusobera to wipe their asses. Kusobera literally means “shit spatula.”