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TIL ants evolved from wasps

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OoKNR TIL that while many places around the world are conversing on whether certain statues should be allowed to exist. A 40m (131 feet) tall statue of Ghengis Khan, who is responsible for the deaths of approximately 40 million people, stands in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
wELo TIL that a Clockwork Orange was inspired after Anthony Burgess’s wife Lynne was robbed, assaulted and violated by deserters from the U.S. Army in London during the blackout. He was denied leave to see her and she miscarried shortly after.
wxGY TIL The First 3D-Printed Drug Has Been Approved in the US
lBjB TIL Alan Tudyk was the voice King Candy in Wreck-it-Ralph and Sonny from I, Robot.
nWkY TIL in Germany around 1923, banknotes had lost so much value that they were used as wallpaper