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TIL Queen Ants can live over 30 years, making them one of the longest living insects.

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neo9B TIL about the French "Zone Rouge", areas strictly prohibited by law from public entry and agricultural use because of an impossible amount of human remains and unexploded chemical munitions yet to be recovered from the battlefields of both world wars.
EwBp TIL that Colombians are obsessed with plastic surgery. The Latin American country did 375,000 cosmetic procedures in 2015 for both natives and foreigners, #2 per capita to South Korea. Thousands of Colombian teenage girls save money for years to have their first surgery at the legal age of 18.
NXObJ TIL James Rothschild is a double heir, to both Rothschild and Guinness fortunes
Mek8a TIL scientists confirmed that having a younger or older sister makes you a better person. A 2010-study, which involved 400 families with siblings at the age of 10 – 14, indicated that having a sister positively affected the mental well-being of the siblings.
x6Bp5 TIL that the creators of Dragon Tales added a third kid named Enrique to the series in the third season, in an effort to educate preschoolers mildly in Hispanic culture