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TIL there’s a word for the “seemingly spiteful behavior shown by inanimate objects”: resistentialism

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4LeX TIL dead ants emit a chemical that tells other ants to move the body to a sort of burial ground. If this chemical is sprayed on a live ant, other ants will treat it as a dead ant, regardless of what the live/dead ant does.
JYZlB TIL McDonald’s is the 5th largest real estate company globally. They simply lease property and franchise rights. “We are in the real estate business. The only reason we sell hamburgers is because they are the greatest producer of revenue from which our tenants can pay us rent." - McDonald's founder.
VZ8D TIL that despite widespread disapproval of organ donation after death, in 2014, 17% of all live kidney donations to strangers in the United States were donated by Haredi Jews, even though they are only 0.2% of the US population
plRe TIL that in 1898 a novella was published about a fictional ocean liner called “Titan”, which sank in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. In the novel there were not enough lifeboats for passengers, and it also sank in April, as the real Titanic did 14 years later.
4WpJ TIL that The Roots were nearly fired from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for playing “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” as Michele Bachmanns intro song. As a result, all walk on songs now need to be cleared with NBC.