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TIL ants enslaved by other ant species (TIL ants get enslaved) rebel against their masters by neglecting the work they’re assigned to do, and even killing the master species’ young. The slaves may not be able to save themselves, but by rebelling they can protect nearby relatives from the same fate.

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lodyr TIL that in 2007 a group of otters at the Bronx Zoo forcefully drowned a langur in full view of visitors and other langurs. The langurs had been tormenting the otters, so they united and exacted revenge by drowning the monkey and left its dead body afloat for the other langurs to see.
OoJRL TIL 1976 Farrah Fawcett red swimsuit poster has sold over 12 million copies. Two years after her death, the swimsuit was donated to Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, along with an original copy of the poster, her personal Charlie’s Angels script book, and other personal items.
R5w6w TIL Phill Lewis (Mr. Mosby from the Sweet Life of Zach and Cody) was convicted of manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in 1991
R7le1 TIL during the French Revolution, Louis XVI ordered the arrest of a judge named D'Epremesnil. When the arresting officers came to the Palais de Justice, they did not know D'Epremesnil by sight, so all the judges stood up and cried "We are all D'Epremesnil!". No arrests were made that day.
Wea8 TIL squirrels were voracious pests in colonial America. Bounties were imposed to reduce populations and some colonies even accepted squirrel scalps as payment for taxes. Colonists became such marksmen from shooting squirrels, they later devastated the ranks of British soldiers during the revolution.