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TIL that carpenter ants don’t actually eat wood , they chew through it to build massive hidden colonies inside walls and furniture, sometimes causing structural damage that looks like termite destruction.

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78YPr TIL in 2013, a body of a woman was found in a water tank on the roof of a hotel in LA after guests of the hotel began complaining about low water pressure and water that was "colored black and had an unusual taste".
9wPBX TIL Rats laugh when you tickle them!
Ea7 TIL Jay-Z, Notorious BIG, Busta Rhymes, and DMX all attended the same high school
jNJDj TIL Adolf Hitler’s two siblings, Alois and Angela, had 8 grandchildren. 3 of them died prematurely (one killed herself, one died in battle, one died in car crash) and the remaining five are still alive today and have chosen never to have children.
v1xvj TIL while the professional production of Quadrophenia's cover cost The Who £16,000, their next album's cover featured a caricature of the band that cost them only £32.