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TIL that ants have domesticated some species of butterfly

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65Mm TIL that drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
OoeZ4 TIL; In 1504, Christopher Columbus scared the natives of Jamaica to continue to provision him and his hungry men by successfully predicting a total lunar eclipse. When the moon turned red, showing his God was ‘inflamed with wrath", the frightened community quickly agreed to his request.
rRlN1 TIL in the past 42 years over 51 million trees have been planted in Kenya by the Green Belt Movement founded by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai.
l7EdB TIL Bald eagles are not bald, the name derives from an older meaning of the word, "white headed"
VNr4 TIL The fish, Salema Porgy can cause hallucinations when it’s eaten. It was consumed as a recreational drug at the time of the Roman Empire. These hallucinations, described as frightening, will take place a few minutes after eating the fish, the effect of which on the body lasts 36 hours.