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TIL of the 6 Degrees of Separation theory: The idea that all humans are connected with 6 connections or less

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awDJA TIL that ancient Greek historian Herodotus once reported that there existed gold-digging ants. This was most likely a translation error. But there are marmots in the Himalayas of the Deosai plateau where local tribes have been known to collect gold dust from their burrows
EgVyo TIL of Mrs. Orcutt's Driveway, a 4.1 mile long access road that an elderly widow successfully petitioned the U.S. federal government to build for her when her isolated desert home was essentially cut off by the construction of Interstate 40 and the bypassing of the old Route 66.
ADdpa TIL Cesar Chavez had a dog named Boycott who taught him "to question the right of humans to eat other sentient beings." He said “Racism, economic deprival, dog fighting and cock fighting, bullfighting, and rodeos are all cut from the same defective fabric: violence.”
YpQJW TIL James Earl Jones was an Army Infantry Officer after graduating from the University of Michigan’s ROTC program
e049b TIL in 2009, due to the heavy automation of flying an airplane, two pilots got so bored and distracted, that they overflew their destination by 150 miles.