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TIL that humans weren't the first species to discover agriculture. That honor belongs to multiple species of ants (and termites) who beat us to it by 50-60 million years.

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78eoM TIL that Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is ranked as the highest and second highest reviewed game of all time by Metacritic and GameRankings
gD07 TIL: In 2008 two judges were found to be accepting money from two juvenile detention centres in return for increasing the number of residents, offences were as minimal as mocking a principal on Myspace, trespassing in a vacant building, or shoplifting DVDs from Wal-mart .
4koJa TIL about Wind Phones: unconnected telephone booths world-wide where people can hold conversations with deceased loved ones.
dg59 TIL there is an old whistling language known as “el silbo”, which is used by the people of La Gomera to communicate across long distances. Due to its loud nature, it is generally used for public announcements and can be heard from 5 km away.
PMMV TIL that there is an apparatus and method for remotely monitoring and altering brain waves; in addition to mind control, it is capable of making people hear voices, smell odors, see images, feel sensations, experience emotions imposed by someone else.