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TIL that some ants can perform leg amputations and know when it's needed

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nexOo TIL of Phineas Gage, a man who had a large metal rod go completely through his head and destroy his brain’s left frontal lobe. Miraculously he survived, and was able to recover his social skills over time although people noted changes to his personality, behavior, and memory.
Lk1ZQ TIL the infamous 18 1/2 minute gap in the Nixon tapes was not one gap, but five to nine separate erasures. The tape is preserved in the National Archives in the hope we may someday recover what was erased.
xgOo TIL F1 driver Damon Hill had cold black tea loaded into his car rather than water so it would heat up during the race giving him a hot beverage.
YpZEv TIL There isn't really a market for Rhino horn as an aphrodisiac and media spreading that myth actually curtails conservation efforts because it perpetuates the myth that wasn't even there in the first place, causing more demand
jN77N TIL about Harris Wofford, a former United States senator who, in his youth, founded a student movement for the creation of a world government. It had grown so large by the time he was 18 that Newsweek predicted he would become President one day.