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TIL about the Moghol people - descendants of the Mongol Empire's armies still living in modern-day Afghanistan

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x60XD TIL that donations of used clothes are NEVER needed during disaster relief according to FEMA.
yVMNJ TIL wasps help prevent the destruction of $417 billion worth of crops from insect pests every year. This is higher than the annual value of insect pollination at $250 billion per year.
DyMD TIL that the hole at the end of the human penis is called a “meatus”.
VpVG TIL the samurai’s name in the TV show Samurai Jack is never mentioned. The first people he encounters in the future call him “Jack” as a form of slang, which he adopts as his name, the name his parents gave him is unknown.
XEd7X TIL of an experimental treatment for tinnitus: bimodal neuromodulation, electrical stimulation of the tongue paired with sounds. Pairing zaps with sounds seems to rewire brain circuits connected with tinnitus. The theory is to make an auditory system more hyperactive to everything but the tinnitus.