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TIL One farming family in California uses more water then all of Las Vegas

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awP4o TIL that people eat ant eggs and they are considered a delicacy in Mexico.
oBxa8 TIL that Sergeant Stubby, a stray dog found during military training in 1917, served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment in WWI, saving them repeatedly due to his ability to smell mustard gas at a distance. After the war, he became a celebrity, meeting three presidents and traveling around the country.
5a1p TIL in 1851, a runaway slave named Jerry was arrested in Syracuse NY during the anti-slavery Liberty Party’s convention. A crowd of hundreds of abolitionists broke into the city jail and freed Jerry, eventually smuggling him to Canada. Nine participants in the rescue also fled to avoid prosecution.
XGPR TIL: Miss Cleo was only paid $1750 for two days of filming, while Psychic Readers Network made over $1 Billion using her face.
8blV TIL that in 2007 the price of the drug Acthar was raised overnight. From $1650 a vial to $23,000. The most important use is treating West syndrome/infantile spasms, a rare, sometimes fatal epileptic disorder that generally strikes before the age of 1.