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TIL nine years ago we had the technology to display on a screen what people see in their minds. (How has this technology progressed since then, one wonders?)

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QJLX TIL that because of breeding, corn as we know it today would not survive in the wild. It would become extinct if human agriculture and farms ceased to exist.
Qmde TIL An ant mill is an observed phenomenon in which a group of army ants, which are blind, are separated from the main foraging party, lose the pheromone track and begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle. The ants will eventually die of exhaustion.
P17yV TIL Tooth brushing only became widespread in the US after WWII, when returning soldiers continued the practice that had been required during their military service
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yQAvJ TIL California is the first state to ban pet stores from selling pets from commercial breeders under the Pet Rescue & Adoption Act; pet stores may sell only rescue & shelter animals. Violators of the law will be fined $500 per animal. CA citizens can still buy pets directly from private breeders.