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TIL that wasps have solar panels on their backs that convert sunlight into electricity

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0lBv TIL that when the pirate Klaus Störtebeker and 10 of his companions were executed, a senator asked the executioner if he was tired after this, but he replied he could easily execute the whole of the senate as well. The senate sentenced him to death for that and a senator himself executed him.
vMO4 TIL the leading cause of death in Japanese men aged 20-44 is suicide.
Me9WA TIL that famous computer hacker Kevin Mitnick only wound up in jail originally because a "friend" was pissed that Mitnick beat him at a $150 bet. | After being bested, Mitnick's then-friend was so angry about losing that he called the FBI and blew Mitnick in.
J1pZ1 TIL 80% of container ships use electric motors - they just use diesel generators to produce energy for the electric motor
oB9EE TIL that the Yucatan is so flat that any hill is considered to be a Mayan relic. Thousands of them have never been examined by an archeologist.