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TIL Only two species have domesticated other species: humans and ants

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KYjVJ TIL that the Skogsrå is a Swedish mythical creature with a tail, a hollow back, and skin like tree bark. She lures men into the forest, and anyone who has intercourse with her becomes introverted.
j6RVX TIL that Sir Edward Elgar, composer of, "Pomp and Circumstance March No.1," more commonly known as "The Graduation Song" never actually finished school himself. He only received general education until the age of fifteen. Meanwhile, most of his musical talent came from self-teaching and study.
Y7xev TIL of Säkkijärven polkka. A Finnish folk-song played repeatedly over radio during the Soviet-Finnish War to block radio-controlled mines
xXVD TIL Native American women in the U.S. were apart of a forced sterilization government program. If they refused, they were sterilized without their knowledge during other routine surgeries.
oRYJ7 TIL if you time-traveled to the early 1500's, roughly one million of your direct ancestors would be going about their lives on Earth (one million great great great great gr..... grandparents). If they didn't all procreate you wouldn't be alive today.