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TIL that the Asian Weaver ant is consumed as a delicacy in Thailand.

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GYK8j TIL The YMCA gave Dr Naismith 2 weeks to invent what would become basketball in 1891 in order to have an indoor "athletic distraction" to keep rowdy youth busy in the cold New England winter months
X81E TIL Cuba has a maximum wage law due to which individuals cannot earn more than 20 U.S. dollars per month.
m1P6o TIL of an archeological dig site northeast of the Dead Sea in the southern Jordan River Valley that has many striking characteristics to the Biblical city of Sodom.
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