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TIL "Chemist" wood ants create a powerful anitbiotic from tree resin and formic acid to protect themselves from epidemics and deadly fungi

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Vvrp TIL In the 571 Episodes of Lassie, the only character that actually fell down a well was Lassie. Timmy never fell down a well.
oRW4R TIL Lincoln's cabinet was a team of rivals, including notable William Seward, who was initially resentful & condescending of the president. The two eventually became close personal friends, spending many nights bonding over stories, good humor, & politics, much to the dismay of other cabinet members
MedAa TIL that James Webb ran NASA in the 1960’s and pushed for a balance between space flight and science. He wrote in 1965 that a major space telescope should be pursued.
6KLm TIL A neon light was left on and covered over in a downtown LA restaurant, then found again still working after 77 years.
XEXk6 TIL about the Icarians, a French-based utopian socialist movement in the United States, established by the followers of politician and journalist Étienne Cabet, who invented the word "communism" in 1839.