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TIL that the sting of the tarantula hawk wasp is so painful the medical advice is to lie down and scream

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Z89mG TIL Adam Savage and Tory Belleci of Mythbusters worked on the models in the Star Wars Prequels
QJmL9 TIL Taffy Nivert and Bill Danoff, two of the lead singers for Starland Vocal Band (Afternoon Delight), were writing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and planned to sell it to Johnny Cash, but during a tour with John Denver the three finished the song, which became Denver's signature hit.
b6lvN TIL that Spain didn't become a Democracy until the mid 1970s
bvK9 TIL Matt Stone and Trey Parker created a South Park video game for Game boy Color but canceled the project because it wasn’t suitable for children and kept a few copies to commemorate what was originally started.
j64oj TIL about the Boötes Void - a sphere in the universe that contains only 60 galaxies in a cylinder through the middle, when typically there would be around 2,000.