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TIL there are ants that stink: "odorous house ants"

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pYnOb TIL of Carlos Hathcock, the best sniper in the Vietnam war who killed Apache, a woman who tortured and skinned alive Marines
kJL4 TIL neurosurgeons call your temples “God’s Little Joke” because its the thinnest parts of your skull, and a major artery runs beneath it
m1Zro TIL, of the 3,000 slaves freed by the British in exchange for fighting during the American War for Independence (called the Black Loyalists), after relocating to Nova Scotia for a time, 1,200 ended up going to Africa in 1792 to become part of the new settlement of Sierra Leone
YpGKP TIL about Aki Ra. A man who has personally cleared 50,000 land mines by hand with minimal equipment.
woeR7 TIL before WW1 ended on November 11th 1918, Romania re-entered the war on November 10th.