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TIL wasps are valuable pest control agents and pollinators.

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nW6kP TIL that the San people, one of the most genetically diverse group of people in the world, have separated from the rest of humans around 200,000 years ago, just a 100,000 years less from the lowest estimate of when humans separated from Neanderthals.
VB7OZ TIL of the red flag act enacted in the late 19th century where every vehicle had to be led by a person on foot carrying a red flag to warn bystanders of the vehicle’s approach
kJ1LB TIL that the "all persons are fictitious" disclaimer on most Hollywood movies is a response to a 1933 lawsuit over a film about the 1916 assassination of Rasputin. The wife of one of the people involved with the plot successfully sued MGM for invasion of privacy and libel.
YpBnP TIL that there is an area in Turkey where people talk to each other using a whistled language that can be heard up to half a mile away.
jEVN TIL A concerned Californian citizen, Gary Wesley, has been writing dissents to CA state propositions since 1978 simply because, “Somebody’s got to do it.”