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TIL a West African prince was enslaved in 1788, brought to the U.S., and freed 40 yrs later as per the request of the Sultan of Morocco

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1KXD TIL Ants can get caught in a circular pheromone trail, so that the whole colony pinwheels forever until they die.
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