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TIL there are three species of wasp from Papua New Guinea that for some reason are each named after a presenter from Top Gear; Kereveta clarksoni, Kereveta hammoni and Kerevata jamesmayi

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pwG4 TIL There are Underwater Ice Tornadoes that Kills Everything it Touches…
AoPg TIL Ethel Merman’s last film appearance was “Airplane!,” where she played a man who thought he was Ethel Merman.
6EMeJ TIL about the "multi-dog experiment". In 1968, Demikhov transplanted a puppy’s head onto the neck of another dog. It was the first "two body-one circulation" system. This taboo experiment which was criticized a lot became the founding principle of the modern heart and lung transplant we have today.
Qoba TIL Koko the gorilla has an IQ between 70 and 95, equal to a below-average but high functioning human
W7oE4 TIL The famous photographer Alexey Brodovitch repeatedly ran away from home to fight in the First World War but his father kept having him brought back home.