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TIL that childhood trauma is directly linked to sickness in adult years, and that it is much more common than originally thought

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7Kkr TIL that the day after 9-11, the Queen broke a 200 year old tradition and ordered the US National Anthem to be played during the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace.
5YeEp TIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europe and is thought to spread 6,000km (3,700 miles) along the Mediterranean coast
Z8AJG TIL that white sugar isn't always vegan- it is sometimes refined with bone char, typically from cows, to make it whiter
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QJ586 TIL about Babi an Egyptian baboon God who would use his massive erection as a mast on a sailboat taking people into the Afterlife