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TIL Treadmills were invented to punish English criminals!

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9kjD TIL Marijuana was made illegal in 1937 by a man who testified that the drug made white women want to be with black guys.
Qmde TIL An ant mill is an observed phenomenon in which a group of army ants, which are blind, are separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle. The ants will eventually die of exhaustion.
l8v1 TIL a British bloke has traveled to every country and territory on earth without taking a single flight.
167n7 TIL that the act of hiccuping may originate from an amphibious evolutionary ancestor that breathed underwater
1agaD TIL: The meaning of the word "that" in Meatloaf's song 'I would do anything for love' changes with every chorus to reapond to the preceding lyrics. This led so many fans to be confused about the lyrics meaning that the singer had to explain it with a chalkboard.