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TIL Pandora's box was actually a jar.

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rRRvw It would burn a hole through you—and then some.
yQZxM TIL about the emerald wasp. The wasp uses a special venom to prey on cockroaches. Once stung, the cockroach looses its free will and is led by the wasp to its burrow, where it will be buried and eaten alive by the wasp's larvae.
epnDg TIL the little loops on the back of men's dress shirts have an official name and use. They're called 'locker loops' and were earlier made on sailors' shirts so they could hang their shirts anywhere on hooks on their ship. Universities later followed to keep their button down uniforms wrinkle-free.
RYXw TIL Onions are eaten and grown in more countries than any other vegetable, with at least 175 countries producing an onion crop. And unlike wheat (the largest global crop by area harvested), the onion is a staple of every major cuisine.
rR14M TIL Pope Leo XIII outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of labour unions, while affirming the rights of property and free enterprise, opposing both Atheistic Marxism and laissez-faire capitalism.