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TIL that landlocked Bolivia and Paraguay both have a Navy

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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.
a6YN TIL that David Allan Coe, when asked why he killed a homosexual in prison, he replied “I’m not sure he was a homosexual, well I guess he was, he wanted to fuck me in my ass. You know, I mean, I might not have killed him if he wanted me to fuck him in his ass, but it was a different situation.”
WkjE9 TIL Cats are sometimes intentionally released into urban environments on the popular assumption that they will control the rat population; but there is little scientific basis for this. In fact, they end up harming the beneficial native wildlife.
9wNQD TIL about John of Nottingham, a magician in the 14th century who plotted to assassinate Edward II and Hugh Despenser by using wax effigies.
N7a0e TIL that the Tongue-eating Louse that crawls into a fish's gills and essentially eats their tongue to live there for the rest of their lives. The fish just uses the isopod as its own tongue.