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TIL The words “Allahu Akbar” are repeated 22 times on the flag of Iran.

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5Y1ER Today I learned Australia has re-started industrial logging old growth forests in bush fire affected areas
GVa5 TIL a baseball pitcher can kill you with a good fastball, and this has happened in a Major League Baseball game.
D1Nar TIL in the 1910s there were cases of people using the postal service to mail their children across long distances because postage was cheaper than a train ticket
wLWOo TIL of the Great Oxidation Event when bacteria evolved photosynthesis about 2.4 BYA, generating O2 as a waste product which changed the methane atmosphere, led to planetary cooling, triggered a series of ice ages, a mass extinction event, new minerals, and led to the evolution of multicellular life.
9YlE6 TIL Marauder ants have a special class of "supermajors" which they will ride like a bus to work, or into battle like elephant Calvary. These large class of ants in the colony serve as living heavy duty tools for the much smaller workers.