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TIL Dr Pepper is older than Coca Cola

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0d4op TIL that invasive ants can destroy entire ecosystems, specially ones that have symbiotic relationships between trees and ants. The invasive species of ants can kill off the native ones, and the plants are left to fend for themselves -- leading to the destruction of an entire ecosystem.
4k48a TIL that fuzzy ants are actually wasps, but are still called ants.
arRy TIL that the woman who won $2.9 million by suing McDonald’s over spilled hot coffee asked for only $20,000, to cover her medical bills.
W4EB TIL of the Hague Invasion Act, that allows the US to use military force to free any US citizen held by the International Criminal Court
VM4MB TIL Robert A Heinlein challenged readers' possible racial preconceptions by writing strong, sympathetic characters, only to reveal later that they are of African or other ancestry.