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TIL wasps have complete voluntary control over the sex of their offspring.

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16a74 TIL of Stephan Bibrowski, better known as Lionel the lion-faced man due to the 8 inch long hair that covered his entire face. Stephan's mother gave him away at the age of 4 as she had witnessed a lion mauling her husband while she was pregnant with Stephan, and thus viewed him as an abomination.
lo5e7 TIL A man set up a parody of The North Face brand called The South Butt.
PJNe TIL that McDonald’s in New Zealand serves a “Kiwiburger” that tops a beef patty with a fried egg and a slice of beet.
b6XJ7 TIL that there's a species of fungi, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, commonly known as the "zombie ant fungus," which infects ants and manipulates their behavio
4kl8a TIL about John Day, who attempted to dive to 130 feet in a wooden diving chamber in 1774. After a few hours, he had not resurfaced and was eventually declared dead. Day is the first recorded death in a submarine.