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TIL that older termites are used as suicide bombers.

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VMWG8 TIL: An Indiana Man Woke Up to Becoming a Millionaire By Accident. “It kind of sucks. You go from being a millionaire one second then back to being broke again. But hey, once you’re poor you don’t have anywhere else to go but up.”
16eN7 TIL that in 1922, doctors administered a new treatment insulin to a ward full of diabetic children in comas. One by one, they injected each child. By the time they reached the last bed, the first child had already started to wake up. It was a turning point in medical history.
nJGG TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza was once covered in highly polished white limestone, before it was removed to build mosques and fortresses.
1Mlr TIL nuclear energy is the safest energy source in terms of human deaths - even safer than wind and solar.
wLg98 TIL there is a city called North Pole, Alaska. The city is known for having year round Christmas decorations.