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TIL crows will crush an ant and rub it all over themselves like perfume–the formic acid in the ants helps ward off parasites.

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6bQZ TIL of the International Friendship Exhibition in North Korea, which contains a VHS copy of Space Jam.
EaN0 TIL Scorpion Venom is the most expensive liquid on earth, at almost $39 million a gallon. Next closest on the list in king cobra venom at $152K a gallon with LSD close behind at $122K a gallon
9wZQp TIL Indian restaurants in Japan outnumber the top 3 pizza chains of the country put together!
dJmr TIL that a man called Zeb Quinn went missing in 2000. His car was found two weeks later, with it’s lights on, a pair of lipstick lips drawn on the rear windshield, and a live Labrador puppy inside. Zeb Quinn has never been found.
mxnAy TIL that the parliament of Iceland, the Althing, is the oldest surviving parliament in the world, having been founded in 930