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TIL Leafcutter ants do not actually eat the leaves they cut, instead, they use them to fuel their fungus-based agriculture.

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JMNj TIL despite most of the them being right-handed, 70% of Canadian hockey players use left-handed sticks. This is the opposite of US players (70% righty sticks)… and no one knows why.
nWGLr TIL: After being featured in Madonna's video for "Papa Don't Preach" actor Danny Aiello made his own video titled "Papa Just Wants the Best for You" in response.
rN5De TIL the image of a ninja dressed all in black comes from the convention of depicting ninjas as wearing the costume of stagehands in Japanese kabuki theater
e0Wkb TIL there was a short lived spin off of "The Golden Girls" called "The Golden Palace", where they all ran a hotel minus Bea Arthur. It oddly ran on CBS instead of NBC, and was cancelled after one season. Also co-starred a young Don Cheadle and Cheech Martin as a hotel chef.
d6dj TIL that it’s been mathematically proven that one cannot comb a hairy ball without creating a cowlick.