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TIL that there are ant colonies that span hundreds of miles

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N7Qeb TIL that in 1955, Quaker Oats gave away free land deeds as part of a cereal promotion. Participants could mail in their cereal box to redeem a plot of land sized 1 inch x 1 inch in a gold-rush region of Canada.
4XpAX TIL dogs and cats can literally tear out their own intestines if you don't leave that cone on after they're spayed.
gMKX9 TIL Australia’s Highway 1, a ring road around the country, is the longest national highway in the world, at a length of approximately 14,500 km.
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