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TIL There is a bizarre colony of displaced Ants living in an abandoned Polish nuclear weapons bunker

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x6ypk TIL In ancient Mesopotamia, there was considered to be nothing wrong with homosexual love between men. The Almanac of Incantations contained prayers giving equal standing to the love of a man for both a woman and a man.
KYGA9 TIL olympic sailor Francisco Gonzalez killed 44 people on a plane by shooting both the pilots
epDo5 TIL: Arlington National Cemetery is built on land initially owned by George Washington’s stepson and later owned by Robert E. Lee. The land was seized during the Civil War to serve as a burial site for the large amount of war casualties.
yVLOa TIL that Shen Kuo, a Chinese polymath from the 11th century, not only made significant advancements in astronomy and geography but also discovered the concept of true north using a magnetic compass, over 400 years before it became common in Europe.
4AE6 TIL the co-creator of Twin Peaks wrote a pilot in 1999 about “survivors of a plane crash who are stranded on a tropical island, which seems to have mysterious supernatural powers.”