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TIL a wasp lays eggs inside a spider which remains alive, and the larva brainwashes it into weaving the foundations of a cocoon. The zombified spider is then the larva’s first feast.

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MgEW TIL following the Volstead Act that began the Prohibition, crime rose by 24%, drug addiction by 44%, and federal expenditure on prisons rose by a staggering 1000%
gr7pL TIL: The first Transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in 1854 and the first communication took place in 1858
gm5L TIL tuberculosis wiped out 50% of the males in a troop of savanna baboons after they consumed tainted meat. The more aggressive males died, leaving their less aggressive peers to create and pass down a uniquely unaggressive culture.
D1app TIL that the filling between the wafers in Kit-Kats is made from other mashed up Kit-Kats that didn't get past the quality assurance due to minor imperfections
N7kXJ TIL Sky Burials is a practice that leaves dead bodies out in the open to be eaten by vultures. It was a popular form of decomposing a human body in many cultures. It is still practiced in various main cultures and is not interfered by the law.