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TIL ants take their dead back to their nests to be put into a burial chamber with their other deceased.

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d8a9r TIL an economist won the lottery 14 times by calculating when the jackpot got higher than the cost by buying every possible number combination and doing just that.
4kwX TIL a girl threw a message in a bottle in the ocean and got a response from 10,000 miles away
BgdwL TIL that Animism is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence. It may further attribute a life force to abstract concepts such as words, true names, or metaphors in mythology.
M7w7A TIL that in 1809, the Austrian army accidentally attacked itself during the Battle of Wagram. Confused by darkness and miscommunication, one unit mistook another for the enemy — and launched a full-on assault. Over 10,000 men were involved in the chaos.
9YZbr TIL in 1983, the American Association of Blood Banks was told by the CDC that their blood supply was infecting people with the AIDs virus, but they refused to screen the supply due to cost concerns.