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TIL that wasps have to 'perish' in a fig and it turns into a soup before becoming fruit

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nbX9 TIL In recognition of its record of downing large numbers of Soviet-built MiG aircaft, the F-4 Phantom II was called the “World’s Leading Distributor of MiG Parts”.
YRxA TIL if officials awarded Lance Armstrong’s 2005 Tour De France title to the next fastest finisher who has never been linked to doping, they’d have to give it to the 23rd place finisher
ejAL TIL that transgender females can fight naturally-born women in mixed martial arts competitions
QnLk TIL More than half of all African-American children live in single-parent homes
aEWb TIL when the incident at Chernobyl took place, three men sacrificed themselves by diving into the contaminated waters and draining the valve from the reactor which contained radioactive materials. Had the valve not been drained, it would have most likely spread across most parts of Europe.