Post * 7OkX — Curious Curator

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Today I learned that, after an ant colony is well established and has enough resources to spare, winged ants start to emerge.

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GrXQ TIL that “Fuck your ancestor to the eighteenth generation” is a Chinese insult, due to the high respect for one’s ancestors

WkGmY TIL Jupiter's Great Red Spot is so loud that its soundwaves move so rapidly they heat the surroundings up nearly 700⁰F or about 370⁰C.

dG5Q TIL that pets can be allergic to humans

5JJB TIL Quaker Oats bought the film rights to “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory”, financed its production, and changed the movie version’s name to “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” in order to promote a new candy bar- the Wonka Bar.

pk8 TIL that Apollo 11 carried pieces of the Wright Brothers’ plane to the moon in 1969 - just 66 years after the world’s first powered flight.