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TIL that the average lifespan of a garden ant is 15 years

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woM8Y TIL that John Lennon wanted Hitler to appear on the Sgt. Pepper album cover, however he was removed from the background and did not make the final product.
YpwAZ TIL in 1966, model Nell Theobald garnered fame after she was attacked by a lion during a BMW photo shoot at the International Automobile Show. She used the money she received in the lawsuit settlement to intensify her obsessive stalking of opera singer Birgit Nilsson, following her around the globe.
gr9KD TIL that stuntman Ted White was nearly 60 when he played Jason in Friday The 13th The Final Chapter. White requested not to be credited on screen for the role, because he didn’t like the way that the young actors and actresses were treated during production.
YM5v TIL that lying to, or misinforming somebody about events or facts (with the purpose of making them doubt their memory or sanity), is called Gaslighting
A1B4 TIL that humans empathetically experience pain when they see someone of the same race experience pain, but not someone of another race. All races felt pain when shown a “violet” person experiencing pain suggesting that lack of empathy for other races is learned and not innate.