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TIL There is a species of ants that have formed a single global super-colony

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8aDeV TIL that more than 380,000 African American soldiers served in the Army during WWI. THE U.S. Army wasn’t comfortable with the idea of training black men for combat, so they were assigned to train under/fight along side the French
rNR4w TIL there's a species of invasive crayfish that was discovered in the 90's, is entirely made of clones, and an unknown origin
GYdK4 TIL that legendary Hollywood director Martin Scorsese, best known for his violent gangster films, has used the same female editor, Thelma Schoonmaker, on every movie he's made since Raging Bull in 1980.
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