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TIL in 1970, there were roughly half as many people in the world as there are now.

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kOWX5 TIL that Denmark hosts the largest 4th of July celebration outside of the US
8aKNV TIL: Ancient Romans used a community sponge on a stick to wipe their butts. The wealthy carried their own shit sticks. [NSFW]
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.
l7g0K TIL Mongolian BBQ wasn't actually invented in Mongolia, but rather it is from Taiwan
9YokG TIL there is a fish called the Minipizza Batfish. It’s flat and round like a miniature pizza.