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TIL that the attine ant species invented agriculture long before humans, and have entire gardens of fungus in their nests

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KOnmE TIL the Kereru (NZ Wood Pigeon) at one time of the year fills its crop with berries while they ferment, gets drunk and falls out of trees making it easy to catch for food (it's protected now).
7llr TIL the highest achievable score in a single game of “Jeopardy!” is $566,400.
4Xnd6 TIL that even though he owned slaves in the past, Benjamin Franklin became more opposed to slavery later in his life. Eventually becoming the president of an abolitionist society, he even included a provision in his will that required his child to free her slave in order to gain his inheritance.
e0vAn TIL: "Wolf Tree" is the term used to describe trees that were not cut down during deforestation and left to grow in the new growth forests of New England.
VMLND TIL that the gin and tonic was invented as a result of the British being unable to stomach the taste of bitter malaria medication in India