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TIL that fuzzy ants are actually wasps, but are still called ants.

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6EwwY Today I learned that the final words of King George VI were “God Damn You”, said to the nurse who had administered him a sedative.
d8Xa7 TIL in an effort to revitalize sales, Canadian Club hid 25 cases of whisky throughout the planet, encouraging adventurers to seek them out. Over 50 years later, there are still 9 cases undiscovered.
KJW4 TIL the word “natural” on food bags is not regulated by the FDA, and can be a complete lie
MPR0 TIL Judge Dennis Wiley, from the frontpage “sex offender” case, once gave a reverend 3 - 10 years for quoting a Biblical threat since his reverend status gave him a “direct line to God” and made the threat “credible”
VBg9Z TIL that yet another Christmas tradition, the burning of the Yule log for good luck, predates European Christianity and has its roots in paganism. Yule log burning is rooted in Germanic or Scandinavian paganism and associated with winter solstice rituals