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TIL: Every fig you’ve ever eaten was fertilized by a special wasp which probably died inside it (and you ate it)

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KYNXR TIL The Mendoza Line is baseball jargon for a .200 batting average, the supposed threshold for offensive futility at the Major League level. It is named after shortstop Mario Mendoza, who failed to reach .200 five times in his nine big league seasons.
Wk8ZA TIL about the Most Unwanted Song, a musical piece that was created using a survey to identify what people hated most in music. The final result included out of tune accordions and bagpipes, a rapping cowboy opera singer, and a children's choir that urged listeners to shop at Walmart.
4r0R TIL that because of South Park’s Scientology episode, The Church of Scientology hired people to spy on Matt and Trey to find something on them to use for blackmail. The Church became frustrated when their investigation turned up nothing but the fact that they’re pretty normal people.
xVZxk TIL that there was a Russian adaptation of Married...with Children that remade (almost) all original episodes, plus a hundred more with fan input and the American writers
m1XVY TIL that Berklee College of Music was named after the founder’s son Lee Berk