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TIL that humanity put people on the moon before we put wheels on luggage

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9wOg7 TIL that there's a species of ant called "Colobopsis explodens" that can explode on command to defend its colony. These "exploding ants" rupture their abdomens, releasing a sticky, toxic fluid to incapacitate threats
OoKma TIL Robert Healey spent $35.31 on a third party RI gubernatorial campaign & won 22% of the vote. Healey ran on the Cool Moose Party ticket for Governor in the 1990s & won 39% of the vote for lieutenant governor on a platform of abolishing the office.
oe6E TIL that NASA is currently attempting to bring the “Monstrous F-1 moon rocket back to life”… and pretty successfully too.
M70n0 TIL that Thomas Edison developed the concrete to build Yankee Stadium in 1922 before his company went bankrupt shortly after completion.
v51j TIL a man tried to assassinate President Andrew Jackson. The man was apprehended after President Jackson beat him with his cane.