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TIL that male ants cannot have sons, only grandsons

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wLa6M TIL The half-life of an isotope of Tellerium is 160 Trillion times greater than the Universe's Age (Aprox. 13.8 billion) . The very-long-lived radioisotope Tellerium-128 thus has the longest known half-life among all the Radionuclides of around 2,200,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years!
P146w TIL 'Lord' and 'Lady' derive from Old English 'hlaf-weard' and 'hlaf-dige'; bread-warden and bread-kneader
jNZpM TIL bees will seek out alcohol and get drunk--and "bouncers" at the hive refuse to let them in until they sober up
GYoGJ TIL Despite being high in fat and calories, peanuts do not appear to contribute to weight gain. In fact, observational studies have shown that peanut consumption may help maintain a healthy weight and reduce your risk of obesity
8y08 TIL The first stealth technology test failed. They couldn’t understand why until they noticed a bird sitting on the test object. They blew a loud horn, the bird flew off, and the test object disappeared from the radar screen showing stealth technology was a success.