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TIL: 51% of American households pay no income tax

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Z8gKQ TIL that there are ant colonies that span hundreds of miles
99eQ TIL that in 1985, a volcano in Colombia that was covered in glaciers erupted, instantly melting the glaciers. Two hours later, a 100 ft deep flood of rock and water traveling 39 feet per second leveled an entire nearby village, killing 20,000 out of its 29,000 residents.
gJ8A TIL that Tsutomo Yamaguchi (the man who survived both atom bombs) traveled 180 miles home to return to work despite his intense injuries from the first bomb. When he arrived at work his boss didn’t believe that one bomb destroyed all of Hiroshima. Then the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
Zp8ga TIL about “The deadly accordion wars of Lesotho” where you can be murdered for playing music. “After one Famo musician allegedly shot another in 2004, a cycle of revenge developed, fuelled by poisonous lyrics in songs.” This has now led to Lesotho having the sixth-highest homicide rate in the world.
bAaj TIL that due to stress, boredom, loneliness and other reasons many exotic birds kept in captivity will pluck their own feathers out or self-mutilate