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TIL when Billie Holiday died, she had 70 cents in her bank account and $750 taped to her leg.

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ADJZw TIL scientists attached stilts to the legs of ants to prove that they return to their nests by counting their steps. The regular ants walked right to the nest and went inside. The ants on stilts walked right past the nest and got lost. This was because of the change in length of the legs.
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