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TIL Some ants form “supercolonies,” massive communities of ants that can stretch for thousands of miles.

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woAr6 TIL when Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector, he signed his name as Oliver P, the "P" standing for "Protector." This mirrored the practices of monarchs signing their name with "R", which stood for "Rex" or "Regina".
grjPL TIL Thomas Jefferson once spent $1400 (in today's dollars) just to ship a stuffed moose to France to prove that America had large animals
loeMK TIL that both men and women laugh more at men than at women
b9JmZ TIL the deep meaning behind the 52 Cards in a complete deck. The 4 suits represent the 4 seasons, while the 52 cards represent the 52 weeks in a year. The 13 cards per suit represent the 13 lunar cycles in a year, and even the 365 days of the year are marked by the number of total points in a deck.
9wbeQ TIL The woman in the Jaws poster was 24-year-old model Allison Maher, who posed by lying across two stools in a swimming position while Roger Kastel painted the cover picture.