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TIL Some ants will make themselves explode as a last resort during a fight

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grX54 TIL that smoke from wildfires is composed of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that interact with UV radiation to create benzene and formaldehyde compounds in the atmosphere, causing a burnt plastic smell.
AZM7 TIL in 2011 North Korea employed “An army of online gaming hackers” to farm WOW gold in South Korea. The money gained from selling the WOW gold went directly towards North Korea’s nuclear program.
aWAN TIL that the number of users on Instagram is now larger than Twitter’s
X9YP TIL there are “marijuana vending machines” in the United States which allow prescribed users to scan their fingerprints to acquire a medicinal dosage of marijuana.
vv1K TIL that Morocco is the United State’s longest continual ally and first country to recognize the United States as an independent country.