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TIL that the wasp Megaphragma mymaripenne is one of the smallest flying insects at only 200 μm long, and surprisingly, 97% of its brain cells lack a nucleus after metamorphosis.

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nel6b TIL After being stuck charging $5c/bottle for various reasons, the Coca-Cola Company approached the U.S. Treasury Department asking them to mint a 7.5 cent coin in 1953, as a method to increase their prices without requiring two coins for vending machine sales
lGy5 TIL that “Gropecunt Lane”, was an official street name given to those streets in medieval England where prostitution took place, because it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street’s function or economic activity taking place within it.
R5MLj TIL about Pupfish, the most rare endangered fish species. They live exclusively in "Devil's Hole", a single tiny pool of water of unknown depth, roughly 90 miles NW of Las Vegas.
l7ZnB TIL that Indomie Mie Goreng (Fried Noodles) was invented in 1982 by a lady who back then had just graduated from a degree in food technology.
R598j TIL the skeleton of Josef Mengele, the German doctor who conducted horrific experiments on thousands of Jews at Auschwitz, is stored at the São Paulo Institute for Forensic Medicine, where it is used as an educational aid.