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TIL of hyperparasites, parasites who parasitize other parasites/parasitoids

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ADwna TIL that asbestos can be found in rocks and soil all over the world and has been used for over 4,500 years by our ancestors for various purposes. But the large scale asbestos industry started with the mining of asbestos in Quebec, Canada in the 1870's.
16vKW TIL that when Jeff Immelt was General Electric's CEO, he had an empty private jet following his own private jet, in case there were delays with his primary jet.
l7p9V TIL about The Million Dollar Highway in Colorado. It was built in 1883 as a toll way and operated as such until the 1920s when it was rebuilt. Legend has it that an early traveler was so overcome by vertigo on the steep, winding road that he said he would never travel it again even for a million $.
J16B4 TIL that Robert Lopez is the youngest person to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony, is the only person to have won each of them multiple times, and has won them closer together than anyone else.
d8DkQ TIL: The United States government considers toothy smiles “unusual or unnatural expressions” on passports or visas.