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TIL a single ant can live to be 29 years old
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TIL movie previews were originally shown at the end of a film, trailing the main feature. This is why movie previews are called “trailers.”
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TIL that human head size, and thus intelligence, sharply increased 12 million years ago when we invented the baby sling, a crucial technological development in our history
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TIL the first commercial fax service, between Lyon and Paris France in 1865, by Italian physicist Giovanni Caselli, was created 11 years before the invention of the telephone.
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TIL that herpes virus has an internal pressure 8 times higher than a car tire
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TIL A mother whose daughter was having brain surgery, called the Mister Rogers Neighborhood studio to ask for a signed photo. After hearing about this, Mr Rogers flew to the hospital to see her. His only request was that there was no press.