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TIL Raccoons are an invasive species in Central Europe and Japan

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nWna7 TIL Of Xenophon, who was described as the greatest general that preceded Alexander the Great. Xenophon was the father of retreating and successfully led his 10,000 men out of Persia following betrayal and constant attacks by the Persians.
0dElA TIL that the thynnid wasp and the orchid Drakea glyptodon have a relationship involving sexual deception. The female wasp is flightless, so she climbs on top of plants to signal potential mates. This flower has evolved to resemble the female wasp. The males mistake it for a female, and fertilize it.
mx4xE TIL that the Hungarian crown has a bent cross on the top because somebody in the 17th century put the crown into an iron chest and closed it without having placed in it properly. The bent cross is used a symbol of Hungary since then.
b9MOE TIL that fried tarantulas are considered a regional delicacy in some parts of Cambodia.
kOoj1 TIL in 1984, a pipe-fitter for a uranium core processing plant in Ohio was discovered in a processing furnace. At the time the plant was discovered dumping a massive amount of radioactive waste into the atmosphere. Co-workers of the deceased worker suspected he was a whistleblower and was murdered.