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TIL there is 1 building, 1 ship and over 50 organisms named after David Attenborough, including a grasshopper, a Jelly and a Dinosaur

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rKX4 TIL the Emerald Cockroach Wasp injects venom into a specific part of a cockroaches brain to stop its escape/survival instinct response, lays an egg in it’s abdomen, then its larva eats the organs in a specific way to keep the roach alive before it cocoons and leaves its body.
7rMPb TIL after being traded since 1961, Pork Bellies were de-listed from the stock exchange in 2011 due to low trading volumes. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice is on the verge of being de-listed too.
E09W TIL in Japan it is believed women have too warm of hands to be sushi chefs.
oNDW TIL in 1876, a railroad bridge collapsed, dropping a train 76 feet into water below and killing 159 people. The President of the railroad had been allowed to design the bridge by an indifferent Engineer. The Engineer was later found with a bullet in his head.
myEv TIL that in 2013 a 200-year-old law was removed in Paris that forbid women from wearing pants.