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TIL that Homo sapiens were not the first farmers in Earth's history. Ants have been farming fungus for over 60 million years.

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Z8x1v TIL All of Michael Jackson's Dangerous tour profits which were over $125 million were donated to various charities
Oojo1 TIL that on the Box Set from the Cocteau Twins was a bonus disc.
8elRG TIL there was a Bubonic Plague pandemic that was considered active from 1855 to 1960. It killed 12 million people in China and India alone.
LQr4m TIL about the Texas two-step bankruptcy, which is when a parent company spins off liabilities into a new company. The new company then declares bankruptcy to avoid litigation. An example of this is when Johnson & Johnson transferred liability for selling talc powder with asbestos to a new company.
gevA TIL You only need to use 39 digits of Pi to accurately determine the circumference of the universe to within the width of a single hydrogen atom. (Insert “your mom” jokes accordingly)