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TIL Humans are not the only species that has discovered agriculture. Ants have been practicing agriculture for at least 50 million years. The domestication of plant, fungus, and animal species by ants is well documented.

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pZxZ TIL that a coronary bypass surgery in India costs around $1,583. The same procedure costs around $106,385 in U.S.A.
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