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TIL the U.S. government is handing out free wasps to farmers for pest control.

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4XbpN TIL the worlds biggest strawberry weighed 250g, with an approximate height of 8cm, length of 12cm, and circumference of 25 to 30cm. Koji Nakao from Fukuoka, Japan, holds the Guinness World Record.
WekL TIL that Napoleon always spoke French with a Corsican accent, and never learned to write French properly.
Ypgmr TIL: A blind mechanical engineer named Ralph Teetor invented cruise control in 1945 after riding with his lawyer, who had a nasty habit of speeding up and slowing down too frequently. It was originally called "Speedostat".
p8v14 TIL that when you listen to someone speak, you are hearing an uninterrupted stream of sound called continuous speech--the pauses between words are all in your head.
wL5jo TIL the total biomass of all the ants in the world is approximately equal to the total biomass of the entire human race.