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TIL that termites will follow the ink from most ball point pens because it replicates a pheromone that they secrete in order to get back to their nest.

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g8n9 TIL Julian Lennon (John Lennon’s son) didn’t find out Hey Jude was written for him until 20 years later
Doaj TIL that the CIA hired a magician to train agents in sleight of hand techniques for use in their mickey-slipping LSD experiments…
woOP8 TIL that in 1986, electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre in his next album was going to include a saxaphone piece played by astronaut Ron Mcnair, which would have made it the first piece of music to be recorded in space, but McNair, along with the rest of his crew died during the Challenger Disaster
lo9aG TIL that Mother Teresa secretly confided in friends frequently about her lack of belief in God
W7jmo TIL in 1990, thieves disguised as police officers stole 13 artworks valued at $500 million from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, making it the largest unsolved art heist in history. Despite extensive investigations, the artworks have never been recovered.