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TIL that older termites are used as suicide bombers.

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KOEvB TIL there was a blizzard in Iran in 1972 so deadly that some villages had no survivors. Snow got as high as 26 feet.
VB4Gk TIL Mega Warheads candy were invented in 1970s Taiwan but it wasn't until the 1990s that they made it to American stores
j6o0v TIL about the White-Throated Sparrow. A species of bird that has 4 distinct sexes across 2 color morphs.
VBGmD TIL That 40000 hats and 20000 sunglasses are lost at Disneyland every year.
ep5kb TIL that on 20th May 1910, Edward VII’s funeral was led by his dog Caesar, a fox terrier who walked behind the coffin, ahead of Europe’s monarchs. The King’s constant companion, Caesar now lies sculpted at his feet in St George’s Chapel. His collar read: “I am Caesar. I belong to the King.”