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TIL Vulture Bees exist, a type of bee that feeds on carrion

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JY8L4 TIL the quote "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize" is often misattributed to Voltaire, when it is actually from Kevin Alfred Strom, a convicted pedophile and Holocaust denier
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QJVoa TIL that North Koreans are especially proud of Kim Jong Il for his "inventions". One of them is the Gogigyeopbbang or double breaded meat, which is essentially a hamburger.