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TIL 64 of 112 (57%) former Supreme Court Justices never obtained a law degree

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5YeEp TIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europe and is thought to spread 6,000km (3,700 miles) along the Mediterranean coast
JYx8V TIL that the mine car sequence in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was originally to have appeared in Raiders of the Lost Ark, after the Ark is opened, and would have showed Indy and Marion loading the Ark on a mine car to escape with the rest of the Nazis in pursuit.
RpJ4 TIL the highest winning margain and most goals scored in an ice hockey game is held by Australia. (Over New Zealand with a score of 58-0)
OoQd7 TIL the 1st season of the kids show Courage the Cowardly Dog ended with the main character (Courage) becoming a puppeteer for his owners (the two main protagonists)'s lifeless bodies after they were turned into marionettes. He goes mentally insane from living alone after a while.
neK0W TIL Lesbian Wine was highly sought after in Northern Europe at the height of the Roman Empire.