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TIL M&M’s stands for Mars and Murrie’s

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DQPPV TIL that scientists have discovered a tiny parasitic wasp that turns spiders into zombie bodyguards. This wasp, known as Dicopomorpha echmepterygis, injects its eggs into a spider, which then continues to perform its regular tasks but ultimately sacrifices itself to protect the developing wasps.
WXk4 TIL There’s a guy who people hire to steal back boats that got shipjacked by pirates and corrupt governments. His name? MAX HARDBERGER.
eZLL TIL that there exists a chemical compound so volatile that it will set fire to literally everything. Except candle wax.
a8Ym0 TIL North Korea is 49.48% the size of the United Kingdom. United kingdom being 243,610 km² and North Korea 120,540 km²
b606p TIL the Tenerife airport disaster was caused by the pilot taking off without permission. Because of the disaster, the pilot is less regarded in aviation as infallible.