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TIL that the Top 10 most popular birth dates in the US are all in September

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EOgW TIL “Tanks” was the code name for what we now call Tanks. They were originally called “Landships” before they were rolled out for the first time in 1915, and the code name stuck.
PGGV TIL a study showed that 2.6% of Ants in a colony are always active. Over 25% are observed to never be working, and 71.9% are inactive half of the time.
0gv5 TIL a man names Chuck Feeney gave away over 99% of his $6.3 billion to help underprivileged kids go to college. He is now worth $2 million.
7lvM TIL that in December 2012 a complex systems scientist walked up to the podium at the American Geophysics Union to present a paper. The paper was titled, “Is Earth Fucked?” His answer was: “Yeah. Pretty much.”
QNErd TIL of Jon Minnoch, the heaviest human ever recorded, weighing over 1400lbs.