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TIL wasps are valuable pest control agents and pollinators.

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ANVQx TIL about Giampietro Campana, who amassed one of the largest collections of art and antiquities during the 19th century. He lost it all after it was discovered that he was embezzling from public funds. He was exiled and his collection was seized by the Papal States and sold off to museums.
8aMXK TIL about John Edmonstone, an ex-slave born on a plantation in Guiana who taught Charles Darwin taxidermy in Scotland. Darwin used taxidermy to preserve different specimens of finches he found on Galapagos, discovering 12 distinct species and used them as an example in his theory of evolution.
VbKB TIL FOX News fell for a “ruse alleging purchase of $1 billion of jetpacks for LAPD, Fire Department” from the Weekly World News satirical news tabloid in 2010.
D1Z0p TIL that when Die Hard was finally made, Bruce Willis was mostly known for TV. His $5 million fee was seen as a huge risk. The film ended up taking at least $140 million.
QNK1L TIL that the best-selling video game of all time goes to the classic known as Tetris. IGN says 520 million copies of Tetris have been sold, citing data from The Tetris Company.