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

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l7DgN TIL at the peak of Davy Crockett merchandise sales, with 5,000 racoon skin caps being sold a day, the price of raccoon fur jumped from 25 cents a pound to $8.
JQmB TIL Finnish police have shot only 4 people to death in 25 years
gM6g9 TIL that when simple AI was taught to play Tetris, the best solution it found was to pause the game just before the screen filled up so it would never lose.
DQ9Wj TIL the first ever recorded indoor hockey game was held at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec on March 3, 1875.
9wpV7 TIL JFK experienced chronic back pain. He underwent 4 back operations, including a discectomy, an instrumentation and fusion, and 2 minor surgeries that failed to improve his pain.