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TIL that wasps and hornets, despite being primarily carnivorous are actually important pollinators that are good to have in your garden for reasons other than controlling other pests

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9YvyD TIL in 1974 the girlfriend of Ted Bundy called Seattle police to tell them he matched the description of the suspect in several murder cases. She hung up after being told, “You need to come in and fill in a report. We’re too busy to talk to girlfriends over the phone." He would kill many more women.
rooo TIL there’s a poem called “The Chaos” by Gerard Nolst Trenité which was written to show differences in pronunciation of English words spelled similarly and only rhymes if you know how to pronounce them correctly.
GML5 TIL that in the 1960s, Wham-O made a “giant” Super Ball, roughly the size of a bowling ball, and dropped it from a 23rd story window as a promotional stunt. It destroyed a parked car on the second bounce.
oBJe7 TIL that Bob Barker trained for eight years with Chuck Norris and is a black belt.
kOVD5 TIL The Vatican once sent a priest to find out if Shirley Temple was secretly an adult with dwarfism.