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TIL about Cicada Killer Wasps who are so obsessed with cicadas that they start feeding on them from birth.

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LMJQ TIL a former bonded child labourer from Pakistan escaped the carpet factory at the age of 10, helped free over 3000 kids from slavery, helped bring down Pakistani carpet exports by $34 million, before being murdered at the age of 13.
bB57 TIL in the Middle Ages it was thought that the left testicle made sperm for girls. Men who wanted sons would have it removed.
wobZo TIL about Aeroflot flight 6502 that crashed and killed 70 people after the pilot made a bet that he could make an instrument-only approach with curtained cockpit windows.
8bdK TIL Green Man from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is based on a true story. Show creator Rob McElhenney attended an Eagles game with a friend, who ripped off all his clothes after they won, revealing a full-body green lycra suit, and yelling “I’m the Green Man!”
ep75J TIL Matthias Erzberger, the man who signed the armistice ending World War I on behalf of Germany, was assassinated by Far-Right radicals. The killers escaped to Hungary and were prosecuted only World War 2, while the mastermind later became a Nazi politician