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TIL wasps help prevent the destruction of $417 billion worth of crops from insect pests every year. This is higher than the annual value of insect pollination at $250 billion per year.

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ne61o TIL what 8D audio is. It's where songs have been edited with special reverb and mixing to make it seem like the audio is moving in a circle around your head.
QNWkp TIL the CFA franc, originally known Franc of the French Colonies in Africa, is still the currency of 14 African nations.
Pk7L TIL that a “moment” actually is a specific amount of time. About 90 seconds
JYla1 TIL about the Carthusian Martyrs. These men refused to accept Henry VIII as the Supreme Head of the Church in England and were brutally killed because of it. The English authorities under Thomas Cromwell killed and harrassed the Carthusians until they were finally able to loot their monastery.
GYj5N TIL Kurt Knispel (served Nazi Germany during WW2), the highest scoring tank ace of WW2 with 168 confirmed tank kills was never awarded the coveted Knight's Cross because he assaulted higher officers for mistreating POWs and let others take credit for his kills among other things.