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TIL that after being stung by the Warrior Wasp, sting pain index creator Justin Schmidt described the pain as, "torture, you are chained in the flow of an active volcano. Why did I start this list?"

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0dPXN TIL Kudzu is an invasive species with no natural predators that was introduced in the southern US in the 1930s to add nitrogen to depleted soil.
EWOp TIL Congress tried to pass a “American Hippo bill” in 1910 to authorize the importation and release of hippopotamus into Louisiana to help solve the American meat crisis, described as “lake cow bacon”
o758 TIL there is a theatre company that reenacts the last moments of doomed flights by acting out the cockpit voice recordings.
5VMAD TIL a species of monkey known as the Lesula was discovered in 2007 (though already known by locals). It has a brilliantly blue bottom.
PYVbZ TIL the first president of the United States is technically John Hanson under the Articles of Confederation in 1781