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TIL wasps like yellow jackets are attracted to the smell of propane. To them, propane smells sweet.

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Wjgd TIL elephants around the world are evolving to be born without tusks since they are selecting mates with tuskless traits that survive poachers, thus spreading the gene.
Qgdk TIL In 1935, Sigmund Freud replied to a mother concerned about her son’s homosexuality by saying “ it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness” and “ It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too.”
m5wM TIL that Bea Arthur (Dorothy in The Golden Girls) left $300,000 to an organization that houses homeless LGBT youth after she died in 2009.
ANPal TIL a mannequin named Cynthia became incredibly famous in the 1930s, being invited to a Royal wedding, sent jewelery by Cartier and gracing the cover of Life magazine.
9wdWD TIL Bed Rest has no proven benefit for any condition, beyond that imposed by symptoms