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

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AEN7 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger’s parents thought he was gay because his bedroom walls were covered with posters of men.
NXMPP TIL Stephen Colbert's father and brothers were killed in a plane crash because the flight crew were discussing politics among other subjects
0MM1 TIL that the tallest player in NBA history is Sudanese born Manute Bol who stood at 7 ft 7 in. He is also the only player in NBA history to have killed a lion with a spear and to have paid 80 cows for his wife.
x6a71 TIL of the 1937 School Explosion in New London, Texas. 294 died, mostly students in Grades 5 thru 11. Although the richest independent school district in the U.S, to save money the school board put a leaky tap on an oil company's production residue gas line, leading to the explosion from a spark.
bQN4 TIL of the “Star of the South”, one of the largest diamonds in the world. Discovered by a river in Brazil in July 1853, it was found by a slave girl named Rosa, who turned the diamond over to her master. He rewarded her by granting her freedom, and giving her a pension for life.