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

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ooVW TIL the first artificial insemination took place in 1884 when a med professor injected his unconscious patient with the semen of “his most handsome student”, unbeknownst to both the woman and her infertile husband.
R77b6 TIL A British Soldier Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was a one-eyed, one-handed war hero who fought in both world wars, surviving plane crashes and PoW camps. He later said "frankly I had enjoyed the war."
kvZ5 TIL Thomas Silverstein has been in solitary confinement for ~29 years, which is longer than any other prisoner in the Bureau of Prisons.
wo8nM TIL PFC Ralph E. Dias, A US Marine was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action that occured on November 12, 1969 in Vietnam. Although severely wounded multiple times by enemy fire, he continued to throw grenades at an enemy bunker until it was destroyed and he was mortally wounded.
0vWM TIL you’ll be hard-pressed to find a male deep sea anglerfish because early in life, he latches onto his female mate and his body fuses with hers, leaving only his testes exposed so she can reproduce.