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TIL 'Detoxing' your body is a myth.

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QPJ6 TIL that Saudi Arabia, which gave us 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers, will soon get the coveted “trusted traveler” status from the Department of Homeland Security.
yVPAl TIL: Ant corpses release a chemical when they die, and other ants will dispose of the corpse. A scientist once recreated this chemical and put it on a live ant. Its ant friends kept bringing it to the graveyard no matter how much it struggled, cleaned itself, or tried to go back to work.
LkkpQ TIL Italy is named after a legendary king.
a8BJL TIL that European Starlings can mimic human speech
yQgOJ TIL that Aboriginal Australians have the highest incarceration rate in the world.