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TIL the median American household has a combined balance of $10,000 in its checking and savings accounts

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QNo8a TIL that Mary Frith (c.1584–1659), alias Moll Cutpurse, was a notorious London pickpocket and fence. Defying gender roles, she dressed in men's clothes, moved in criminal circles, and became a legendary figure in the 17th-century underworld.
P1nme TIL There is a wasp which lays an single egg inside a ladybird. Once the larva emerges up to 27 days later after feasting upon the ladybirds body, it turns the ladybird into a 'zombie', guarding it as the larva pupates in a cocoon under the ladybird. up to 25% of ladybirds survive this process.
vZyj TIL that NASA asked Buzz Aldrin to refrain from quoting the Bible on the moon
GYEx5 TIL the Missing Link of the human race has been found and is no longer missing
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