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TIL that there are ant colonies that span hundreds of miles

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BEBy TIL In 1974 Egyptologists observed Ramesses II’s mummy’s condition was rapidly deteriorating and flew it to Paris for examination. He was issued an Egyptian passport that listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”. The mummy was received outside Paris, with full military honours befitting a king.
6Ewbl TIL that in 2019 there was a sixth Terminator movie (after Terminator: Genysis) which so few people saw that that it was even less successful than Terminator: Genysis. The film grossed only 13% of what was needed to break even and was considered a box office bomb due to lukewarm critical reception.
KOKa6 TIL about Superhabitable planets. This is a recent definition/category of planets or moons that must meet much more criteria than just being in the "Habitable Zone/Goldilocks Zone". No planet or moon has met these criteria as of yet, although the planet Kepler-442b is the closest to this definition.
5VLPp TIL about the Widowhood Effect: When a husband or wife dies, the surviving spouse faces a higher risk of dying over the next few months.
R7y88 TIL that both India and Pakistan had british officers commanding their respective armies in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947